Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Malang, East Java, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), Malang, East Java, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,462 miles (or 13,619 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 Abdul Rachman Saleh 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 Abdul Rachman Saleh 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: | MLG / WARA |
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| Location: | Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°55'35"S by 112°42'51"E |
| Area Served: | Malang |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of East Java Province |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 1726 feet (526 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MLG |
| More Information: | MLG Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- 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.
- 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.
- In 1962, in order to retain the lineage of its MAJCOM 4-digit combat units and to perpetuate the lineage of many currently inactive bombardment units with illustrious World War II records, Headquarters SAC received authority from Headquarters USAF to discontinue its MAJCOM strategic wings that were equipped with combat aircraft and to activate AFCON units, most of which were inactive at the time which could carry a lineage and history.
- In July 1965 the wing was redesignated the 456th Bombardment Wing, Heavy with the inactivation of the Titan I Missile squadron but continued to fly the B-52 and KC-135.
- 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.
- In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
Facts about Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG):
- In addition to being known as "Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport", another name for MLG is "Bandar Udara Abdul Rachman Saleh".
- The airport was closed in October 2009 due to numerous damages found in the runway, but has opened again after some repairs were done.
- Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) is Juanda International Airport (SUB), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) N of MLG.
- The furthest airport from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) is Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), which is nearly antipodal to Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (meaning Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Las Flecheras Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
