Nonstop flight route between Guwahati, India and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU), Guwahati, India and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,782 miles (or 12,525 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 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and McGuire AFB, 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 Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GAU / VEGT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Guwahati, India | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°6'21"N by 91°35'8"E | 
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Assam | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 162 feet (49 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GAU | 
| More Information: | GAU Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WRI / KWRI | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°0'56"N by 74°35'30"W | 
| View all routes: | Routes from WRI | 
| More Information: | WRI Maps & Info | 
Facts about Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU):
- The closest airport to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) is Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) SE of GAU.
- In addition to being known as "Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport", another name for GAU is "লোকপ্ৰিয় গোপীনাথ বৰদলৈ আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ".
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 162 feet, planes can take off or land at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International 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.
- The furthest airport from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,355 miles (18,275 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):
- In 1959, Air Defense Command deployed the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire AFB.
- The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
- The 52d Fighter Wing, All Weather was assigned to the base, being moved from Mitchel Field, Long Island on 4 October 1949.
- The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
- Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
