However, welcome news regarding Scottâs future came early in 1919 with the War Departmentâs decision to purchase Scott Field. Scottâs central location and the exceptional price of $119,285.84 influenced this decision and set the stage for Scott Air Force Baseâs amazing military future. In 1920, the government decided that the field should be turned over to the lighter-than-air branch of the Air Corps.
40075.02 / 360 / 60 = 1.8553 km. One minute of longitude on equator is 1.8553 km. Please note - on equator (i.e. on 0 degree of latitude)! Because the length of parallels decrease toward the north or south pole, the length (in km or miles) of minute of longitude differs for different latitudes.
So the distance between any two meridians of lo â¦ ngitude depends on how far from the equator you measure it. _____ At the equator, one minute of longitude is equal to one nautical mile. (One minute of latitude is always equal to one nautical mile.) At the poles, lines of longitude converge, so the distance between them is zero. You can approximately calculate the distance between minutes of longitude by cosine(latitude). So at 45 degrees latitude, one minute of longitude is approximately equal to 0.707 NM.