Nonstop flight route between Seletar, Singapore and Brainerd, Minnesota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seletar Airport (XSP), Seletar, Singapore and Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD), Brainerd, Minnesota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,956 miles (or 14,413 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 Seletar Airport and Brainerd Lakes Regional 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 Seletar Airport and Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Seletar Airport (XSP):

• Because of Seletar Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Seletar 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.
• In December 1966, three Andover CC Mk1 arrived to replace the ageing Vickers Valetta C1 aircraft of 52 Sqn.
• In addition to being known as "Seletar Airport", other names for XSP include "实里达机场" and "செலட்டர் வான்முகம்".
• Seletar Airport (XSP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The formative years of the SADC was established at Seletar Airbase in September 1968, with the setting up of the Flying Training School utilising three Cessna 172G/H on loan from the Singapore Flying Club.
• After World War II, the base went back to the RAF and, in the late 1940s and 1950s, the base was heavily involved in the Malayan Emergency, with Beaufighters, Spitfires and Mosquitos based there while operating against Malayan Communist insurgents.
• During the Japanese occupation, Seletar as was in the case of Sembawang came under the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service while Tengah fell under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.
• RAF Seletar served as a civil airport from 1930 before the opening of Singapore's first civil airport at Kallang on 12 June 1937.
• The Republic of Singapore Flying Club, Seletar Flying Club and Singapore Flying College are situated at Seletar Airport.
• The closest airport to Seletar Airport (XSP) is Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of XSP.
• The furthest airport from Seletar Airport (XSP) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Seletar Airport (meaning Seletar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• Catalina I of 205 Sqn undergoing servicing in their hangar at RAF Seletar.

Facts about Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD):

• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Brainerd, a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) has 3 runways.
• Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport covers an area of 1,560 acres at an elevation of 1,232 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport", another name for BRD is "BR".
• The furthest airport from Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,684 miles (17,193 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (BRD) is St. Cloud Regional Airport (STC), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) S of BRD.