Nonstop flight route between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Macon, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP), Buenos Aires, Argentina and Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport (MAC), Macon, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,933 miles (or 7,939 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 Jorge Newbery Airfield and Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown 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 Jorge Newbery Airfield and Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP):

• In addition to being known as "Jorge Newbery Airfield", another name for AEP is "Aeroparque "Jorge Newbery"".
• Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) is Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Jorge Newbery Airfield (meaning Jorge Newbery Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yancheng Nanyang Airport), and is located 12,326 miles (19,836 kilometers) away in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
• Plans to merge Newbery with Ezeiza International Airport in a new facility located on an artificial island were revived in 1996 by a commission headed by Congressman Álvaro Alsogaray, though these plans were ultimately dropped.
• The closest airport to Jorge Newbery Airfield (AEP) is San Fernando Airport (FDO), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) NW of AEP.
• Because of Jorge Newbery Airfield's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Jorge Newbery Airfield 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.
• Newbery Airfield is roughly equal to Ezeiza International Airport to the south) in airline traffic among the nation's 33 airports, handling 93,346 aircraftmovements in 2009 and serving 9,552,504 passengers in 2013.

Facts about Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport (MAC):

• Because of Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport's relatively low elevation of 437 feet, planes can take off or land at Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown 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.
• The furthest airport from Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport (MAC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,359 miles (18,280 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport (MAC) is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SSW of MAC.
• Macon Downtown Airport Herbert Smart Downtown Airport (MAC) has 2 runways.
• For the remainder of the war, training of aviation quartermaster truck companies took place at the airfield.
• During the summer of 1942, the 1llth and the 154th Observation Squadrons spent two months at Macon AAF on maneuvers.