Nonstop flight route between Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bathurst Airport (BHS), Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,376 miles (or 15,089 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 Bathurst 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 Bathurst 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 Bathurst Airport (BHS):

• The airport's history starts between 1937 and 1939 when the municipal council investigated several sites considered suitable for an aerodrome.
• Located in the Central Tablelands, Bathurst Airport is served by one airline, Regional Express Airlines.
• Several companies provide charter services from the Bathurst Airport including.
• Bathurst Airport (BHS) has 2 runways.
• Several flying schools operate from the Bathurst Regional Airport
• The furthest airport from Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is nearly antipodal to Bathurst Airport (meaning Bathurst Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Horta International Airport), and is located 12,072 miles (19,428 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• The closest airport to Bathurst Airport (BHS) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 59 miles (94 kilometers) N of BHS.
• Bathurst Airport is an airport serving Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
• Bathurst Airport handled 26,815 passengers last year.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody, an early Air Force pioneer.
• As part of the realignment of the post Cold-War Air Force, HQ ACC converted and realigned the 347th Fighter Wing to the 347th Wing on 1 July 1994, with a new mission being that of a force projection, air/land composite wing.
• Moody AFB is the home of the 23d Wing of the Air Combat Command.
• The base had its beginning in 1940 when a group of concerned Valdosta and Lowndes County citizens began searching for a way to assist the expanding defense program.
• 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.
• Moody Army Airfield was activated on 26 June 1941.
• With the arrival of the TF-102 Delta Dagger in Air Defense Command in 1960, Moody ended interceptor pilot and crew training and became one of ATC's new undergraduate pilot training schools.
• Under SAC, Moody was assigned to the Second Air Force and the 40th Air Division.