Nonstop flight route between Srinagar, India and Knob Noster, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Srinagar International Airport (SXR), Srinagar, India and Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,357 miles (or 11,840 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Srinagar International Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Srinagar International Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Srinagar International Airport (SXR):

• The furthest airport from Srinagar International Airport (SXR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,904 miles (19,157 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Srinagar International Airport (SXR) is Muzaffarabad Airport (MFG), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) WNW of SXR.
• Srinagar International Airport (SXR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Srinagar International Airport's high elevation of 5,429 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SXR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SXR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):

• In May 1942, construction workers descended upon an area known to locals as the "Blue Flats" because of the color of the soil and began building a railroad spur for the new air base.
• The furthest airport from Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,815 miles (17,405 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The base had its beginnings in 1942 when U.S.
• The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.
• The 131st Bomb Wing is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard.
• In August 1951, SAC selected Sedalia AFB to be one of its new bombardment wings, with the first all-jet bomber, the B-47 Stratojet, and the KC-97 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft assigned to the unit.
• The contractors used 168,000 yards of concrete, 25,355 tons of reinforcing steel and 15,120 tons of structural steel.
• In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".