Nonstop flight route between Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robins Air Force Base (WRB), Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Shimla Airport (SLV), Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,856 miles (or 12,643 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 Robins Air Force Base and Shimla 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 Robins Air Force Base and Shimla Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Robins Air Force Base (WRB):

• Robins played a key role in the Vietnam War, supplying troops and materiel through the Southeast Asian Pipeline and modifying AC-119G/K and AC-130 gunships.
• Spurred on by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the number of construction workers reached 2,200 by Christmas 1941.
• In addition to being known as "Robins Air Force Base", another name for WRB is "Robins AFB".
• In addition to aircraft maintenance and supply, air depots also trained aviation support personnel.
• The War Department, in search of a site for an Army Air Corps Depot, selected the sleepy whistle-stop town known as Wellston, Georgia, 15 miles south of Macon.
• The closest airport to Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of WRB.
• Throughout World War II, 23,670 employees repaired almost every kind of AAF aircraft, including B-17s, C-47s, B-29s, B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, and P-51s.
• The furthest airport from Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The museum is also home to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame which honors outstanding Georgians prominent in aviation.
• Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States.

Facts about Shimla Airport (SLV):

• The furthest airport from Shimla Airport (SLV) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,961 miles (19,249 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Shimla Airport (SLV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Shimla Airport's high elevation of 5,072 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SLV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SLV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Shimla Airport (SLV) is Chandigarh Airport (IXC), which is located 33 miles (53 kilometers) SSW of SLV.
• In addition to being known as "Shimla Airport", another name for SLV is "शिमला हवाई अड्डा".