Nonstop flight route between Dayton, Ohio, United States and Khon Kaen, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO), Dayton, Ohio, United States and Khon Kaen Airport (KKC), Khon Kaen, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,523 miles (or 13,716 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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Khon Kaen 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 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Khon Kaen Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO):

• The base's origins begin with the establishment of Wilbur Wright Field on 22 May and McCook Field in November 1917, both established by the Army Air Service as World War I installations.
• In addition to being known as "Wright-Patterson Air Force Base", another name for FFO is "Wright-Patterson AFB".
• It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-17 Globemaster heavy airlifter.
• The furthest airport from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,306 miles (18,195 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Headquarters, Air Engineering Development Division, was at WPAFB from 1 January 1950 to 14 November 1950, followed by the Air Research and Development Command from 16 November 1950 to 24 Jane 1951.
• Wright-Patterson AFB was established in 1948 as a merger of Patterson and Wright Fields.
• The closest airport to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WNW of FFO.
• After World War I, 347 German aircraft were brought to the United States—some were incorporated into the Army Aeronautical Museum.
• Wright-Patterson AFB is "one of the largest, most diverse, and organizationally complex bases in the Air Force" with a long history of flight test spanning from the Wright Brothers into the Space Age.

Facts about Khon Kaen Airport (KKC):

• Because of Khon Kaen Airport's relatively low elevation of 670 feet, planes can take off or land at Khon Kaen Airport 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.
• Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Udon Thani International Airport ท่าอากาศยานอุดรธานี (UTH), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) N of KKC.
• In addition to being known as "Khon Kaen Airport", another name for KKC is "ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น".
• The furthest airport from Khon Kaen Airport (KKC) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Khon Kaen Airport (meaning Khon Kaen Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.