Nonstop flight route between Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Albury, New South Wales, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Albury Airport (ABX), Albury, New South Wales, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,172 miles (or 14,761 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 Whiteman Air Force Base and Albury Airport, 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 Whiteman Air Force Base and Albury Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".
• The Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing and the active-duty 509th Bomb Wing have a unique relationship at Whiteman AFB, in that members of the two units work side-by-side on a daily basis, although the majority of the 131st Bomb Wing visits Whiteman only one weekend per month for drill.
• Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s.
• After the mission change in 1963, life on Whiteman remained relatively stable throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
• In November 1942, the installation became Sedalia Army Air Field and was assigned to the I Troop Carrier Command of the Army Air Force.
• On 3 Dec 1955, Sedalia AFB became Whiteman AFB in honor of 2nd Lt George A.
• The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.

Facts about Albury Airport (ABX):

• Albury Airport handled 284,535 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Albury Airport (ABX) is Corowa Airport (CWW), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of ABX.
• The airport is also served by charter, freight, agricultural, and general aviation aircraft.
• Virgin Australia launched services to Albury on 5 February 2008 with double-daily Embraer 170 services-one of its first new ports served by the aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Albury Airport (ABX) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Albury Airport (meaning Albury Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,602 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• Because of Albury Airport's relatively low elevation of 539 feet, planes can take off or land at Albury Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Albury Airport (ABX) currently has only 1 runway.