Nonstop flight route between Hotan, Xinjiang, China and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hotan Airport (HTN), Hotan, Xinjiang, China and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,400 miles (or 11,910 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 Hotan Airport and Norton Air Force Base, 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 Hotan Airport and Norton Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HTN / ZWTN |
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Location: | Hotan, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°2'18"N by 79°51'53"E |
Area Served: | Hotan, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4672 feet (1,424 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HTN |
More Information: | HTN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Hotan Airport (HTN):
- Hotan Airport (HTN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Hotan Airport's high elevation of 4,672 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HTN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HTN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Hotan Airport (HTN) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,566 miles (18,613 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Hotan Airport (HTN) is Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport (IXL), which is located 239 miles (385 kilometers) SSW of HTN.
- In addition to being known as "Hotan Airport", other names for HTN include "和田机场" and "Hétián Jīchǎng".
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- On 29 November 1957, General Thomas D.
- In 1950, Air Defense Command activated the 27th Air Division at Norton AFB, being assigned to the Western Air Defense Force.
- For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force Logistics Command, then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility Command.
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
- The closure was cited as due to environmental wastes, inadequate facilities, and air traffic congestion west, and Los Angeles International Airport, 60 miles west).