Nonstop flight route between Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Liping County, Guizhou, China:
Departure Airport:
(42°11'38"N by 72°32'4"W)
Arrival Airport:
(26°19'22"N by 109°9'6"E)
Distance from CEF to HZH:
7,701.53 miles (12,394.38 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States and Liping Airport (HZH), Liping County, Guizhou, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,702 miles (or 12,394 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 Westover Air Reserve Base and Liping 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 Westover Air Reserve Base and Liping Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEF / KCEF |
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| Location: | Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°11'38"N by 72°32'4"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from CEF |
| More Information: | CEF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HZH / ZUNP |
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| Location: | Liping County, Guizhou, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°19'22"N by 109°9'6"E |
| Area Served: | Liping, Guizhou, China |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from HZH |
| More Information: | HZH Maps & Info |
Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):
- Plans for Westover Field were made in 1939 as a result of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in 1939.
- In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
- Four-engine C-54 Skymaster and shorter-range C-47 Skytrain transports took supplies and reinforcements from Westover to the armed forces and returned with the wounded and discharged troops.
- Westover Field was placed under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Air District, later First Air Force, with the 25th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron the main Base Operating Unit.
- The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was moved to the base in January 1951 flying F-86A Sabres and assumed an air defense mission, providing air defense in the northeastern United States.
- The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
Facts about Liping Airport (HZH):
- The furthest airport from Liping Airport (HZH) is Chañaral Airport (CNR), which is nearly antipodal to Liping Airport (meaning Liping Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chañaral Airport), and is located 12,422 miles (19,991 kilometers) away in Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Liping Airport (HZH) is Zhijiang Airport (HJJ), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) NNE of HZH.
- In addition to being known as "Liping Airport", other names for HZH include "黎平机场" and "Lípíng Jīchǎng".
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 9.60 miles (15.45 km) WSW | Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF) | Westfield / Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |     |
| 2 | 17.46 miles (28.10 km) ENE | Ware Airport (UWA) | Ware, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 3 | 19.18 miles (30.87 km) SSW | Bradley International Airport (BDL) | Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States | |
| 4 | 30.82 miles (49.60 km) S | Rentschler Heliport (EHT) | East Hartford, Connecticut, United States | |
| 5 | 32.14 miles (51.72 km) S | Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD) | Hartford, Connecticut, United States | |
| 6 | 34.09 miles (54.86 km) E | Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) | Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 7 | 36.14 miles (58.16 km) NE | Gardner Municipal Airport (GDM) | Gardner, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 8 | 41.95 miles (67.51 km) WNW | Pittsfield Municipal Airport (PSF) | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 9 | 44.47 miles (71.56 km) W | Walter J. Koladza Airport (GBR) | Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 10 | 50.17 miles (80.74 km) NNE | Jaffrey Airport - Silver Ranch Airpark (AFN) | Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States | |
| 11 | 50.49 miles (81.26 km) NNE | Dillant–Hopkins Airport (EEN) | Keene, New Hampshire, United States | |
| 12 | 54.23 miles (87.27 km) ENE | Moore Army Airfield (AYE) | Leominster, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 13 | 56.75 miles (91.33 km) ESE | North Central State Airport (SFZ) | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States | |
| 14 | 58.29 miles (93.81 km) SSW | Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC) | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | |
| 15 | 60.51 miles (97.37 km) W | Columbia County Airport (HCC) | Hudson, New York, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,731.41 miles (18,879.83 km) SW | Margaret River Airport (MGV) | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 11,715.26 miles (18,853.84 km) SW | Manjimup Airport (MJP) | Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 11,707.88 miles (18,841.96 km) SW | Busselton Regional Airport (BQB) | Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 11,687.36 miles (18,808.94 km) SW | Albany Airport (ALH) | Albany, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 5 | 11,681.26 miles (18,799.12 km) SW | Bunbury Airport (BUY) | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 11,630.08 miles (18,716.75 km) SW | Katanning Airport (KNI) | Katanning, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 11,605.00 miles (18,676.39 km) SW | Rottnest Airport (RTS) | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 11,600.25 miles (18,668.75 km) SW | Jandakot Airport (JAD) | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 11,588.35 miles (18,649.60 km) SW | Perth Airport (PER) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 11,513.74 miles (18,529.52 km) SSW | Jurien Bay Airport (JUR) | Jurien Bay, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 11,460.39 miles (18,443.66 km) WSW | Esperance Airport (EPR) | Esperance, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,426.40 miles (18,388.97 km) SSW | Geraldton Airport (GET) | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,420.09 miles (18,378.80 km) SSW | Morawa Airport (MWB) | Morawa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,387.01 miles (18,325.57 km) SSW | Mullewa Airport (MXU) | Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 11,367.08 miles (18,293.50 km) SW | Windarling Airport (WRN) | Windarling, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 84.35 miles (135.74 km) NNE | Zhijiang Airport (HJJ) | Zhijiang, Hubei, China | |
| 2 | 85.18 miles (137.08 km) WNW | Kaili Huangping Airport (KJH) | Kaili, Guizhou, China | |
| 3 | 94.21 miles (151.61 km) SE | Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) | Guilin, Guangxi, China | |
| 4 | 95.33 miles (153.41 km) SW | Libo Airport (LLB) | Libo County, Guizhou, China | |
| 5 | 108.26 miles (174.22 km) N | Tongren Fenghuang Airport (TEN) | Tongren, Guizhou, China | |
| 6 | 139.63 miles (224.71 km) SW | Hechi Jinchengjiang Airport (HCJ) | Hechi, Guangxi, China | |
| 7 | 146.21 miles (235.30 km) W | Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE) | Guiyang, Guizhou, China | |
| 8 | 146.92 miles (236.44 km) S | Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH) | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China | |
| 9 | 152.37 miles (245.22 km) E | Yongzhou Lingling Airport (LLF) | Yongzhou, Hunan, China | |
| 10 | 158.84 miles (255.62 km) NW | Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (ZYI) | Zunyi, Guizhou, China | |
| 11 | 203.14 miles (326.91 km) W | Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA) | Anshu, Guizhou Province, China | |
| 12 | 207.71 miles (334.27 km) NNE | Zhangjiajie Airport (DYG) | Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China | |
| 13 | 218.46 miles (351.58 km) ENE | Hengyang Bajialing Airport (HNY) | Hengyang, Hunan, China | |
| 14 | 221.61 miles (356.65 km) N | Qianjiang Wulingshan Airport (JIQ) | Qianjiang, Chongqing, China | |
| 15 | 226.26 miles (364.12 km) SW | Baise Bama Airport (AEB) | Baise, Guangxi, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,421.86 miles (19,991.00 km) W | Chañaral Airport (CNR) | Chañaral, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 2 | 12,369.72 miles (19,907.08 km) W | Ricardo García Posada Airport El Salvador Bajo Airport (ESR) | El Salvador, Chile | |
| 3 | 12,364.37 miles (19,898.47 km) SSW | Chamonate Airfield (CPO) | Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 4 | 12,236.32 miles (19,692.41 km) S | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) | Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 5 | 12,187.60 miles (19,614.00 km) S | La Florida Airport (LSC) | La Serena, Chile | |
| 6 | 12,184.22 miles (19,608.55 km) S | Carolina Airport (CLN) | Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,145.08 miles (19,545.56 km) SSW | El Loa Airport (CJC) | Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile | |
| 8 | 12,111.35 miles (19,491.28 km) SW | Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport (IRJ) | La Rioja, Argentina | |
| 9 | 12,087.17 miles (19,452.36 km) WSW | Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) | Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina | |
| 10 | 12,086.96 miles (19,452.02 km) WSW | Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA) | Salta, Salta Province, Argentina | |
| 11 | 12,080.13 miles (19,441.04 km) W | Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC) | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | |
| 12 | 12,053.46 miles (19,398.12 km) WSW | Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) | San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina | |
| 13 | 12,042.44 miles (19,380.38 km) SSW | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (UAQ) | San Juan Province, Argentina | |
| 14 | 12,034.69 miles (19,367.92 km) S | Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ) | Iquique, Chile | |
| 15 | 12,021.81 miles (19,347.19 km) WSW | Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE) | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |