Nonstop flight route between Osorno, Chile and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS), Osorno, Chile and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,390 miles (or 10,283 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport and Minot Air Force Base, 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport and Minot Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS):

• Because of Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert 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 Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of ZOS.
• The furthest airport from Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (meaning Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport", another name for ZOS is "Aeródromo Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert".

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• On 30 August 2007, a B-52 took off from Minot AFB carrying six cruise missiles with W-80 nuclear warheads to Barksdale AFB in northwest Louisiana.
• The furthest airport from Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,320 miles (16,609 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Minot Air Force Base", another name for MIB is "Minot AFB".
• replaced by the 5th Bombardment Wing
• Minot Air Force Base is a U.S.
• The closest airport to Minot Air Force Base (MIB) is Minot International Airport (MOT), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSE of MIB.
• Construction of Minot AFB began in May 1956 and it officially opened on 10 January 1957, named for the nearby city of Minot.
• Strategic Air Command initially had units assigned to Minot AFB in 1958 for air refueling support.
• The 4th Post Attack Command & Control Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, SD maintained several EC-135 "Looking Glass" Aircraft on an alert at MAFB for coverage of the missile squadrons as a secondary Launch Control Center.