Nonstop flight route between Hami City, Xinjiang, China and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hami Airport (HMI), Hami City, Xinjiang, China and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,333 miles (or 11,801 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 Hami 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 Hami 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 Hami Airport (HMI):

• In addition to being known as "Hami Airport", other names for HMI include "哈密机场" and "Hāmì Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Hami Airport (HMI) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
• The closest airport to Hami Airport (HMI) is Dunhuang Airport (DNH), which is located 194 miles (313 kilometers) SSE of HMI.

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.
• On 1 December 1975, the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, a unit of the Tactical Air Command, relocated to Moody from Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
• The base had its beginning in 1940 when a group of concerned Valdosta and Lowndes County citizens began searching for a way to assist the expanding defense program.
• The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing is a non-flying active support wing activated on 25 January 2008.
• While on standby status, the airfield was redesignated as Moody Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.