Nonstop flight route between Antofagasta, Chile and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF), Antofagasta, Chile and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,393 miles (or 7,070 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 Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) and McGuire AFB, 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 Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ANF / SCFA |
Airport Name: | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) |
Location: | Antofagasta, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°26'39"S by 70°26'41"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 455 feet (139 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ANF |
More Information: | ANF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRI / KWRI |
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Location: | Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°0'56"N by 74°35'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from WRI |
More Information: | WRI Maps & Info |
Facts about Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF):
- Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) is Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), which is nearly antipodal to Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (meaning Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Liuzhou Bailian Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
- Because of Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 455 feet, planes can take off or land at Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International 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 Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) is Carolina Airport (CLN), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NNE of ANF.
Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):
- The 52d Fighter Wing, All Weather was assigned to the base, being moved from Mitchel Field, Long Island on 4 October 1949.
- The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
- Fort Dix Army Air Base was phased down in the fall of 1945 and was placed on Temporary Inactive Status on 15 February 1945.
- Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
- The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world, and were equipped with a W40 nuclear warhead.
- The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
- These squadrons flew a variety of ADC interceptors in the 1950s, starting with the F-94 Starfire in 1952, upgrading to the F-84 Thunderjet in 1953, and finally the interceptor F-86D Sabre later in 1953.
- With the departure of the 91st SRW, control of McGuire AFB was reassigned to Continental Air Command.