Nonstop flight route between Peawanuck, Ontario, Canada and Columbus, Mississippi, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Peawanuck Airport (YPO), Peawanuck, Ontario, Canada and Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,482 miles (or 2,385 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 Peawanuck 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 Peawanuck Airport (YPO):

• Peawanuck Airport (YPO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Peawanuck Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Peawanuck 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 furthest airport from Peawanuck Airport (YPO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,678 miles (17,185 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Peawanuck Airport (YPO) is Fort Severn Airport (YER), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) NW of YPO.

Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• With the Korean War at an end and pilot production needs dropping, the decision was made to close the contract flying school at Columbus.
• The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• 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.
• 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.
• Communist troops from North Korea violated South Korea's borders and fighting broke out in 1950.
• But while the Air Force’s pilot training requirements were decreasing, its strategic air arm was expanding.During the 1950s, Strategic Air Command wings had become extremely large.
• In 1992, ATC was inactivated and the 14 FTW came under the newly created Air Education and Training Command and AETC's 19th Air Force.
• The citizens' efforts bore fruit.