Nonstop flight route between Vilhelmina, Sweden and Minot, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vilhelmina Airport (VHM), Vilhelmina, Sweden and Minot Air Force Base (MIB), Minot, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,956 miles (or 6,366 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 Vilhelmina 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 Vilhelmina 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 Vilhelmina Airport (VHM):

• The closest airport to Vilhelmina Airport (VHM) is Lycksele Airport (LYC), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) E of VHM.
• The furthest airport from Vilhelmina Airport (VHM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,912 miles (17,561 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Vilhelmina Airport (VHM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Minot Air Force Base (MIB):

• 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.
• On 1 February 1963, SAC, as part of a conversion to unit designations with historical significance, activated the 450th Bombardment Wing at Minot and the 720th Bombardment Squadron, along with the formation of the 450th Airborne Missile Maintenance Squadron, 450th Armament & Electronics Maintenance Squadron, 450th Field Maintenance Squadron, and the 450th Organizational Maintenance Squadron simultaneously.
• 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.
• 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".
• Renamed Aerospace Defense Command in 1968, ADC F-106 operations continued at Minot until ADC was deactivated in 1979 and became a part of Tactical Air Command as a subentity referred to as Tactical Air Command – Air Defense.
• Late in 1973 a second Alert Parking Ramp was added across runway 29, to the south.
• The initial USAF host unit was the Air Defense Command 32d Air Base Group, activating on 8 February 1957.
• Minot Air Force Base is a U.S.