Nonstop flight route between Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,497 miles (or 12,065 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 Ordos Ejin Horo 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 Ordos Ejin Horo 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 Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN):

• The closest airport to Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN) is Baotou Airport (BAV), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) N of DSN.
• Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN) is Zapala Airport (APZ), which is nearly antipodal to Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (meaning Ordos Ejin Horo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zapala Airport), and is located 12,401 miles (19,957 kilometers) away in Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Ordos Ejin Horo Airport", other names for DSN include "鄂尔多斯伊金霍洛机场" and "È'ěrduōsī Yījīn Huòluò Jīchǎng".

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".
• 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 1961, Foreign Pilot Training was transferred to Moody from the closing of the Graham Air Base contract pilot school in Marianna, Florida.
• To inject more realism into the training, ATC made arrangements with Strategic Air Command to allow instructor pilots to fly intercept missions against SAC bombers with F-86D Sabre, With the addition of interceptor crew training and the acquisition of interceptor aircraft, HQ USAF decided effective 20 October 1953 to assign ATC responsibility for supporting Air Defense Command's interceptor forces.
• Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
• Construction got underway on 28 July 1941 for a twin-engine advanced training base with accommodations for 4,100 men.
• Also located on Moody A.F.B.
• The 347th flew the McDonnel-Douglas F-4E until 1988, when it upgraded to the Block 15 General Dynamics F-16A/B.