Nonstop flight route between Kingman, Arizona, United States and Amarillo, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kingman Airport (IGM), Kingman, Arizona, United States and Tradewind Airport (TDW), Amarillo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 683 miles (or 1,100 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 relatively short distance between Kingman Airport and Tradewind Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kingman Airport (IGM):

• Between 1945 and June 1947, the RFC, War Assets Corporation and the War Assets Administration processed approximately 61,600 World War II aircraft, of which 34,700 were sold for flyable purposes and 26,900, primarily combat types, were sold for scrapping.
• All but a few of the original Kingman Army Airfield buildings have been removed.
• Estimates of the number of excess surplus airplanes ran as high as 150,000.
• The closest airport to Kingman Airport (IGM) is Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (IFP), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of IGM.
• After the Depot 41 did its job, the airfield was turned over to Mohave County to be used as an airport for the county.
• Kingman Airport is a city owned, public use airport located eight nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Kingman, a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
• Kingman Airport (IGM) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Kingman Airport", another name for IGM is "(former Kingman Army Airfield)".
• Many aircraft were transferred to schools, and to communities for memorial use for a minimal fee.
• After 1945 there was no need for a gunnery school - or for the airplanes that carried the guns.
• Kingman Army Airfield was established as a training base for Army Air Force aerial gunners.
• The furthest airport from Kingman Airport (IGM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,353 miles (18,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Tradewind Airport (TDW):

• Tradewind Airport (TDW) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Tradewind Airport (TDW) is Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) ENE of TDW.
• The furthest airport from Tradewind Airport (TDW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,041 miles (17,768 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.