Nonstop flight route between Bangui, Central African Republic and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF), Bangui, Central African Republic and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,751 miles (or 10,864 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 Bangui M'Poko International 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 Bangui M'Poko International 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 Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF):

• Bangui M'Poko International Airport handled 101,099 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) is Bossembélé Airport (BEM), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) NW of BGF.
• Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bangui M'Poko International Airport (BGF) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Bangui M'Poko International Airport (meaning Bangui M'Poko International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,022 miles (19,348 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• Shortly after the Korean War began on 25 June 1950, Air Training Command took over most combat crew training, thereby relieving operational commands of much of their training burden and allowing them to concentrate on their combat mission.
• Due to reduced demands for new pilots during the early months of 1945, The Army Air Force announced that Moody would be transferred to the First Air Force on 30 April 1945.
• 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.
• As part of the implementation of the Objective Wing concept, the 347th was redesignated as the 347th Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991.
• In 1961, Foreign Pilot Training was transferred to Moody from the closing of the Graham Air Base contract pilot school in Marianna, Florida.
• Moody AFB is the home of the 23d Wing of the Air Combat Command.