Nonstop flight route between Siirt, Turkey and Sumter, South Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Siirt Airport (SXZ), Siirt, Turkey and Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,240 miles (or 10,043 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 Siirt Airport and Shaw 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 Siirt Airport and Shaw 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 Siirt Airport (SXZ):

• Siirt Airport (SXZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Siirt Airport (SXZ) is Batman Airport (BAL), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) W of SXZ.
• The furthest airport from Siirt Airport (SXZ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,390 miles (18,330 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.
• On March 23, 1953, the 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Group was activated at Shaw.
• The 432nd's mission at Shaw AFB was to assume the reconnaissance training mission that was handled previously by the 363d TRW.
• Shaw Air Force Base is a United States Military facility located approximately 8.4 miles west-northwest of Sumter, South Carolina.
• As a result of the end of the Cold War, the Air Force made several dramatic changes with the inactivation and re-designation of wings and their units.
• The 20th Fighter Group was first equipped with North American P-51D, then exchanged its P-51's in February 1948 for F-84B Thunderjets, the first TAC group to receive operational F-84s.
• After the establishment of the United States Air Force as a separate military branch in September 1947, Shaw Army Airfield was renamed Shaw Air Force Base, on 13 January 1948 and the 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing was activated on 15 August 1947 with the implementation of the Hobson Plan.