Nonstop flight route between Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Osorno, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS), Osorno, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,988 miles (or 8,027 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 Moody Air Force Base and Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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 Moody Air Force Base and Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• With the arrival of the TF-102 Delta Dagger in Air Defense Command in 1960, Moody ended interceptor pilot and crew training and became one of ATC's new undergraduate pilot training schools.
• While on standby status, the airfield was redesignated as Moody Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
• Under the Southeast Training Center, Moody AAF controlled several auxiliary airfields
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
• The base had its beginning in 1940 when a group of concerned Valdosta and Lowndes County citizens began searching for a way to assist the expanding defense program.
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• As part of the realignment of the post Cold-War Air Force, HQ ACC converted and realigned the 347th Fighter Wing to the 347th Wing on 1 July 1994, with a new mission being that of a force projection, air/land composite wing.

Facts about Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS):

• Because of Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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.
• The closest airport to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of ZOS.
• Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (meaning Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• In addition to being known as "Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport", another name for ZOS is "Aeródromo Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert".