Nonstop flight route between Alexandria, Louisiana, United States and Beihai, Guangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Esler Field (ESF), Alexandria, Louisiana, United States and Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), Beihai, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,510 miles (or 13,695 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 Esler Field and Beihai Fucheng 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 Esler Field and Beihai Fucheng Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Esler Field (ESF):

• Esler Field, also known as Esler Regional Airport, is a military and public use airfield in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, near the City of Pineville.
• Because of Esler Field's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Esler Field at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Esler Field (ESF) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Esler Field", another name for ESF is "Esler Regional AirportEsler Army Airfield".
• The closest airport to Esler Field (ESF) is Alexandria International Airport (AEX), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) WSW of ESF.
• With the departure of the 372d, the 353d Army Air Force Base Unit took over training for replacement pilots, and unit training ended.
• While Alexandria International Airport is central Louisiana's primary airport and the leader of aviation services in the area, Esler is the area's secondary airport.
• Construction of the airport, originally called Camp Beauregard Army Field, for the United States Army Air Corps began in 1940.
• The furthest airport from Esler Field (ESF) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,988 miles (17,683 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.

Facts about Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY):

• The furthest airport from Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Beihai Fucheng Airport (meaning Beihai Fucheng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
• The closest airport to Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) ESE of BHY.
• In addition to being known as "Beihai Fucheng Airport", other names for BHY include "北海福成机场", "Běihǎi Fúchéng Jīchǎng" and "ZSBH".
• Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) currently has only 1 runway.