Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Harbin, Heilongjiang, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,238 miles (or 8,429 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 Beale Air Force Base and Harbin Taiping International 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 Beale Air Force Base and Harbin Taiping International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):

• Half of the aircraft were maintained on 15-minute alert, fully fueled, armed, and ready for combat.
• Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
• Beale Air Force Base covers nearly 23,000 acres of rolling hills in northern California.
• The 4126th SW was redesignated as the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 February 1963 in a name-only redesigation and was assigned to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division.
• DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
• The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
• In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
• The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In May 1959, Colonel Paul K.
• On 30 January 1959, the Air Force announced plans to conduct surveys in the vicinity of Beale to determine the feasibility for missile bases.

Facts about Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB):

• It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and has more than 50 air routes, both domestic and international.
• Because of Harbin Taiping International Airport's relatively low elevation of 456 feet, planes can take off or land at Harbin Taiping International 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.
• Harbin Taiping International Airport handled 7,259,498 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) is Daqing Sartu Airport (DQA), which is located 83 miles (133 kilometers) NW of HRB.
• In addition to being known as "Harbin Taiping International Airport", other names for HRB include "哈尔滨太平国际机场" and "Hā'ěrbīn Tàipíng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is located 11,980 miles (19,279 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.