Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Tamale Airport (TML), Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,454 miles (or 11,995 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Tamale 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Tamale Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• 576th Flight Test Squadron
• 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.
• General Vandenberg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 24 January 1899.
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• 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.
• Vandenberg Air Force Base is named in honor of the late General Hoyt S.
• In 1941 the United States Army sought more and better training centers for the rapid development of its armored and infantry forces.
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".

Facts about Tamale Airport (TML):

• Initially the Airport was manned by the Airforce and used for strategic activities during the regime of Dr Nkrumah.
• The furthest airport from Tamale Airport (TML) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Tamale Airport (meaning Tamale Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,900 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• Tamale Airport (TML) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Tamale Airport's relatively low elevation of 553 feet, planes can take off or land at Tamale 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 Tamale Airport (TML) is Zabré Airport (XZA), which is located 112 miles (181 kilometers) N of TML.
• Tamale Airport is an airport serving Tamale, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana.