Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT), Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,362 miles (or 11,847 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBM / KCBM |
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Location: | Columbus, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°38'38"N by 88°26'38"W |
View all routes: | Routes from CBM |
More Information: | CBM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RHT / |
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Location: | Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°12'47"N by 101°38'39"E |
Area Served: | Badanjilin, Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, China |
Operator/Owner: | Inner Mongolia Civil Airports Group Co. |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from RHT |
More Information: | RHT Maps & Info |
Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):
- The base began as a training facility for fighters and bombers.
- Communist troops from North Korea violated South Korea's borders and fighting broke out in 1950.
- The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
- The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
- The base began an active four-year rebuilding program to prepare the base for its new mission and to be part of SAC's base dispersal system.
- The Columbus flying school received its first aircraft, nine Beech AT-10s and twenty-one AT-8s in early 1942.
- Recently both the South Gate and Main Gate have been reconstructed.
Facts about Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT):
- The closest airport to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Zhangye Ganzhou Airport (YZY), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) WSW of RHT.
- In addition to being known as "Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport", another name for RHT is "阿拉善右旗巴丹吉林机场".
- The furthest airport from Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (RHT) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport (meaning Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.