Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Rampart, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Rampart Airport (RMP), Rampart, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,448 miles (or 3,940 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 relatively short distance between Vandenberg Air Force Base and Rampart Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• Vandenberg Air Force Base is named in honor of the late General Hoyt S.
• Joint Functional Component Command for Space
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• In addition to its military mission, the base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
• Besides the 5th Division, the 6th, 11th, 13th, and 20th Armored Divisions as well as the 86th and 97th Infantry Divisions, and the 2d Filipino Infantry Regiment were all stationed at Cooke at varying times during the war.
• The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• 9th Space Operations Squadron

Facts about Rampart Airport (RMP):

• Because of Rampart Airport's relatively low elevation of 307 feet, planes can take off or land at Rampart 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 furthest airport from Rampart Airport (RMP) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,252 miles (16,498 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Rampart Airport (RMP) is Five Mile Airport (FMC), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of RMP.
• Rampart Airport (RMP) currently has only 1 runway.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 224 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 159 enplanements in 2009, and 224 in 2010.