Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Mangere, New Zealand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Auckland Airport (AKL), Mangere, New Zealand would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,640 miles (or 10,685 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 Beale Air Force Base and Auckland Airport, 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 Beale Air Force Base and Auckland Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKL / NZAA |
Airport Name: | Auckland Airport |
Location: | Mangere, New Zealand |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°0'29"S by 174°47'30"E |
Area Served: | Auckland |
Operator/Owner: | AIAL |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AKL |
More Information: | AKL Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- On 24 May 1962, during a contractor checkout, a blast rocked launcher 1 at complex 4C at Chico, destroying a Titan I and causing heavy damage to the silo.
- At Beale, the 17th continued global strategic bombardment alert to 30 June 1976 when it was inactivated as part of the phaseout of the B-52 at Beale.
- In 1952 Beale AFB was placed in inactive status for conversion to an operational airbase.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Twelfth Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
Facts about Auckland Airport (AKL):
- Before 2006 Auckland Airport arriving and departing passengers were allowed to mingle airside.
- Check-in counters are at the eastern end of the international terminal building on the ground level.
- Gates 50–59 are used by 3rd level operators Air Chathams, Great Barrier Airlines, Flight Hauraki, Fly My Sky and Sunair.
- Auckland Airport handled 14,829,393 passengers last year.
- A new international terminal, named after Jean Batten, was built in 1977.
- The closest airport to Auckland Airport (AKL) is Ardmore Airport (AMZ), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of AKL.
- The furthest airport from Auckland Airport (AKL) is Málaga Airport (AGP), which is nearly antipodal to Auckland Airport (meaning Auckland Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Málaga Airport), and is located 12,391 miles (19,942 kilometers) away in Málaga, Spain.
- AIAL appears on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and Australian Stock Exchange.
- In 2009, an extension to the international terminal was constructed, creating Pier B.
- Because of Auckland Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Auckland 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.
- Auckland Airport (AKL) has 2 runways.
- Construction for Stage One started in November 2007.