Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Kaili, Guizhou, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH), Kaili, Guizhou, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,216 miles (or 11,613 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Kaili Huangping 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Kaili Huangping Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KJH / |
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Location: | Kaili, Guizhou, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°58'27"N by 107°58'50"E |
Area Served: | Kaili, Guizhou, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from KJH |
More Information: | KJH Maps & Info |
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- Jurisdiction of Edwards AFB was transferred from Air Materiel Command on 2 April 1951 to the newly created Air Research and Development Command.
- The base has played a significant role in the development of virtually every aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory since World War II.
- In July 1942, Muroc Army Airfield became a separate airfield from March Field and was placed under the jurisdiction of Fourth Air Force.
Facts about Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH):
- The closest airport to Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH) is Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (ZYI), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NW of KJH.
- In addition to being known as "Kaili Huangping Airport", other names for KJH include "凯里黄平机场", "Kǎilǐ Huángpíng Jīchǎng" and "ZUKJ".
- The furthest airport from Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Kaili Huangping Airport (meaning Kaili Huangping Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,339 miles (19,858 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.