Nonstop flight route between Kabri Dar (Kabre Dare), Ethiopia and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kabri Dar Airport (ABK), Kabri Dar (Kabre Dare), Ethiopia and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,389 miles (or 11,891 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 Kabri Dar 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 Kabri Dar 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 Kabri Dar Airport (ABK):

• The closest airport to Kabri Dar Airport (ABK) is Gode Airport (GDE), which is located 71 miles (115 kilometers) SW of ABK.
• The furthest airport from Kabri Dar Airport (ABK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Kabri Dar Airport (meaning Kabri Dar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,131 miles (19,523 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
• McGuire Air Force Base was established as Fort Dix Airport in 1937 and first opened to military aircraft on 9 January 1941.
• The Twin Mustangs of the 52d FW were replaced by the ADC 4709th Defense Wing on 1 February 1952.
• 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.
• McGuire originated in 1941 as Fort Dix Army Air Force Base.
• Developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers and scientists, SAGE monitored North American skies for possible attack by manned aircraft and missiles for 25 years.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• The base had its first permanent Army Air Force occupant in November 1941 when the 59th Observation Group took up station on 14 November.
• On 1 June 1955, MATS moved the Eastern Transport Air Force to McGuire from Westover AFB, Massachusetts when SAC and Eighth Air Force took over.
• McGuire hosts the flying needs of its mission partners on JB MDL.