Nonstop flight route between Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ignatyevo Airport (BQS), Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,047 miles (or 9,732 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 Ignatyevo 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 Ignatyevo Airport and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ignatyevo Airport (BQS):

• In addition to being known as "Ignatyevo Airport", another name for BQS is "Аэропорт Игнатьево".
• The furthest airport from Ignatyevo Airport (BQS) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Ignatyevo Airport (meaning Ignatyevo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,195 miles (19,626 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
• Ignatyevo Airport (BQS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ignatyevo Airport (BQS) is Heihe Airport (HEK), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) SSW of BQS.
• Because of Ignatyevo Airport's relatively low elevation of 640 feet, planes can take off or land at Ignatyevo 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.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• 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.
• SAC activated the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at the newly re-designated McGuire Air Force Base on 10 November 1948.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• MATS activities at the base began on 1 July 1954 with the 1611th Air Transport Wing being activated.
• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• Military Air Transport Service took over jurisdiction of McGuire AFB on 1 July 1954 and took over the flight line of McGuire in 1956, with the ADC interceptors being reassigned.