Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU), Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,710 miles (or 12,409 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Jiujiang Lushan 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Jiujiang Lushan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the USAF, is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.
• Aside from the reservoir outside of Del Rio for fishing and some lake diving, most forms of recreation are either in the town of Del Rio or across the border in Ciudad Acuña, however current DoD policy does not allow travel across the border for military personnel.

Facts about Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU):

• The closest airport to Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU) is Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of JIU.
• In addition to being known as "Jiujiang Lushan Airport", other names for JIU include "九江庐山机场" and "Jiǔjiāng Lúshān Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is nearly antipodal to Jiujiang Lushan Airport (meaning Jiujiang Lushan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Cumbre Airport), and is located 12,329 miles (19,842 kilometers) away in La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina.