Nonstop flight route between Ji'an, Jiangxi, China and Wichita, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinggangshan Airport (JGS), Ji'an, Jiangxi, China and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB), Wichita, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,522 miles (or 12,106 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 Jinggangshan Airport and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield, 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 Jinggangshan Airport and McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jinggangshan Airport (JGS):

• The closest airport to Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Ganzhou Huangjin Airport (KOW), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) S of JGS.
• In addition to being known as "Jinggangshan Airport", other names for JGS include "井冈山机场" and "Jǐnggāngshān Jīchǎng".
• Because of Jinggangshan Airport's relatively low elevation of 282 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinggangshan 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 Jinggangshan Airport (JGS) is Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (TUC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinggangshan Airport (meaning Jinggangshan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport), and is located 12,427 miles (19,999 kilometers) away in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

Facts about McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB):

• In October 1962, the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing was reactivated at McConnell with four fighter squadrons.
• The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the first swept-winged jet bomber built in quantity for any air force, and was the mainstay of the medium-bombing strength of the Strategic Air Command all throughout the 1950s.
• The closest airport to McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB) is Cessna Aircraft Field (CEA), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) NNE of IAB.
• McConnell Air Force Base was known during the first part of its existence as the Wichita Municipal Airport.
• Other facilities at the airport, however, were meager.
• The furthest airport from McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield (IAB) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,740 miles (17,285 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.
• In addition to being known as "McConnell Air Force Base Wichita Army Airfield", another name for IAB is "McConnell AFB".