Nonstop flight route between El Fasher, Sudan and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Fashir Airport (ELF), El Fasher, Sudan and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,784 miles (or 10,918 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 El Fashir Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve 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 El Fashir Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Fashir Airport (ELF):

• El Fashir Airport (ELF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from El Fashir Airport (ELF) is Maupiti Airport (MAU), which is nearly antipodal to El Fashir Airport (meaning El Fashir Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maupiti Airport), and is located 12,184 miles (19,608 kilometers) away in Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to El Fashir Airport (ELF) is Nyala Airport (UYL), which is located 111 miles (178 kilometers) SSW of ELF.

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, work on this new airfield accelerated rapidly.
• Also in 1948 the airfield became Marietta Air Force Base as a result of the creation of the United States Air Force.
• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The Wing's primary mission is training C-130H aircrews for the United States Air Force's active duty, guard and reserve components.
• On January 23, 1942, the Bell Aircraft Company and the Department of War announced that an aircraft factory employing up to 40,000 workers would be built near Marietta.
• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
• The future of Plant #6 seems secure.
• Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States air reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• In 1949, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta created the Southern Technical Institute, which was moved to land given by Dobbins AFB in 1958.