Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Kingston, Jamaica:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Norman Manley International Airport (KIN), Kingston, Jamaica would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,040 miles (or 4,892 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 Norman Manley 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 Norman Manley International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIN / MKJP |
Airport Name: | Norman Manley International Airport |
Location: | Kingston, Jamaica |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°56'8"N by 76°47'14"W |
Area Served: | Kingston, Jamaica |
Operator/Owner: | NMIA Airports Limited |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIN |
More Information: | KIN Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- 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.
- 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.
- The Air Force activated the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron on 1 April 1961.
- The 456th BW was inactivated on 30 September 1975, and its equipment and personnel were redesignated as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy when the senior unit was inactivated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
- On 24 May 1962, during a contractor checkout, a blast rocked launcher 1 at complex 4C at Chico, destroying a Titan I and causing heavy damage to the silo.
- Half of the aircraft were maintained on 15-minute alert, fully fueled, armed, and ready for combat.
- Eventually excess land from the former Army Camp was sold off to the public.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- 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.
Facts about Norman Manley International Airport (KIN):
- Phase 1A commenced planning in 2004 and was completed in 2007, at an estimated cost of $80M.
- The architect / engineer for the designs are Llewelyn Davies, Jabobs Consultancy & Leading Edge Aviation Planning Professionals Limited, in conjunction with Peter Jervis and Associates Limited and Grace Ashley and Associates.
- Phase 2, which is the final phase of the project, is to commence in 2013 and end in 2022.
- The year 1934 was also another historic period for the nation's aviation industry when Dr.
- The closest airport to Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) is Tinson Pen Aerodrome (KTP), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NNW of KIN.
- The furthest airport from Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is located 11,894 miles (19,141 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- Because of Norman Manley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Manley 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.
- Additionally a new multi-level passenger finger that will enable the separation of arriving and departing passengers, as required by security regulations, will be included.
- Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Norman Manley International Airport handled 1,714,710 passengers last year.