Nonstop flight route between Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada and Montgomery, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport (YCR), Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada and Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF), Montgomery, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,634 miles (or 2,630 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 Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport and Maxwell Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport (YCR):

• Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport (YCR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport's relatively low elevation of 707 feet, planes can take off or land at Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) 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 Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport (YCR) is Jenpeg Airport (ZJG), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) WSW of YCR.
• The furthest airport from Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport (YCR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,307 miles (16,587 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF):

• Taking up the cause of Maxwell Field was freshman Congressman J.
• The furthest airport from Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,193 miles (18,013 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Maxwell Air Force Base (MXF) is Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of MXF.
• In 1940, it was announced that the installation was to be converted into a pilot-training center.
• In addition to being known as "Maxwell Air Force Base", another name for MXF is "Maxwell AFB".
• On December 17, 1929, Congressman Lister Hill introduced a bill to appropriate $320,000 for the acquiring of 1,075 acres of land in Montgomery County as a part of an expansion program for Maxwell Field.
• Gunter Annex is a separate installation under the 42 ABW.
• The field served as a repair depot during World War I.
• In May 1928 General Benjamin Foulois, General Fechet's assistant, during an inspection visit with Third Army commander General Frank Parker to Maxwell Field mentioned that the Air Corps Tactical School would be moving to a still undecided location.