Nonstop flight route between Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Chulman, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), Chulman, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,459 miles (or 8,785 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 Chulman Neryungri 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 Chulman Neryungri 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".
• Whiteman initially employed the Minuteman I weapons system until the mid-1960s, when a force modernization program converted the Minuteman I to the Minuteman II.
• Other aircraft assigned to Whiteman include the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack fighter.
• Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s.
• 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 Navy Reserve's Maritime Expeditionary Security Division 11, which provides light, mobile, short-duration, point defense Anti-Terrorism Force Protection forces for USN ships and aircraft and other high value assets in locations where U.S.

Facts about Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER):

• In addition to being known as "Chulman Neryungri Airport", another name for NER is "Аэропорт Нерюнгри(Чульман)".
• Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is Tynda Sigikta (TYD), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) S of NER.
• The furthest airport from Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is nearly antipodal to Chulman Neryungri Airport (meaning Chulman Neryungri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Mount Pleasant), and is located 12,060 miles (19,409 kilometers) away in Falkland Islands.