Nonstop flight route between Atbara, Sudan and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Atbara Airport (ATB), Atbara, Sudan and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,086 miles (or 11,404 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 Atbara Airport and Moody 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 Atbara Airport and Moody Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Atbara Airport (ATB):

• The closest airport to Atbara Airport (ATB) is Merowe Airport (MWE), which is located 155 miles (249 kilometers) WNW of ATB.
• The furthest airport from Atbara Airport (ATB) is Anaa Airport (AAA), which is nearly antipodal to Atbara Airport (meaning Atbara Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Anaa Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Anaa, Tuamotus, French Polynesia.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 29th Flying Training Wing at Moody and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• Construction got underway on 28 July 1941 for a twin-engine advanced training base with accommodations for 4,100 men.
• On 1 September 1951, Moody was formally transferred from SAC to ATC.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• As part of the implementation of the Objective Wing concept, the 347th was redesignated as the 347th Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991.
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody, an early Air Force pioneer.
• Under SAC, Moody was assigned to the Second Air Force and the 40th Air Division.
• Under the Southeast Training Center, Moody AAF controlled several auxiliary airfields