Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Wuhai Airport (WUA), Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,191 miles (or 9,963 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 Wuhai 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 Wuhai 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: | WUA / ZBUH | 
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| Location: | Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°47'30"N by 106°48'11"E | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| View all routes: | Routes from WUA | 
| More Information: | WUA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- 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 1959 Air Defense Command established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Beale AFB.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - The base 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.
 
Facts about Wuhai Airport (WUA):
- In addition to being known as "Wuhai Airport", other names for WUA include "乌海机场", "Wūhǎi Jīchǎng" and "ZWUH".
 - The closest airport to Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Alxa Left Banner Bayanhot Airport (AXF), which is located 92 miles (148 kilometers) SW of WUA.
 - The furthest airport from Wuhai Airport (WUA) is Pichoy Airport (ZAL), which is nearly antipodal to Wuhai Airport (meaning Wuhai Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pichoy Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in Valdivia, Chile.
 
