Nonstop flight route between Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Lac Brochet Airport (XLB), Lac Brochet, Manitoba, Canada and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,827 miles (or 2,940 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 Lac Brochet Airport and Columbus Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Lac Brochet Airport (XLB):

• Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) is Brochet Airport (YBT), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) S of XLB.
• The furthest airport from Lac Brochet Airport (XLB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,049 miles (16,172 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 30th Flying Training Wing at Columbus and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
• Recently both the South Gate and Main Gate have been reconstructed.
• In 1965 the 454th converted to B-52D, which was re-engineered for conventional bomb missions over Southeast Asia, although some B-52Cs were also assigned during 1968–69.
• Columbus was initially assigned to the AAF Southeast Training Center with the Army Air Force Pilot School activated.
• About half the pilots in the Air Force today went through basic and primary flight training at Columbus AFB.