Nonstop flight route between Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India and Edwards, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,222 miles (or 13,233 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 Jabalpur Domestic Airport and Edwards 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 Jabalpur Domestic Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JLR / VAJB |
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| Location: | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 23°40'9"N by 80°3'6"E |
| Area Served: | Jabalpur Metropolitan Agglomeration |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1624 feet (495 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JLR |
| More Information: | JLR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
| Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
| Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
| View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
| More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR):
- Pre-paid metro taxi services are available along with pre-paid auto rickshaws.
- In addition to being known as "Jabalpur Domestic Airport", other names for JLR include "जबलपुर डोमेस्टिक एयरपोर्ट" and "Jabalapura ḍōmēsṭika ēyarapōrṭa".
- The furthest airport from Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,798 miles (18,988 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Jabalpur Domestic Airport (JLR) is Khajuraho Airport (HJR), which is located 80 miles (128 kilometers) N of JLR.
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- Edwards is also home to several other units from DOD, Air Force, Army, Navy, FAA, USPS and many companies that support the primary mission or the personnel stationed there.
- Its curriculum focused on the traditional field of performance testing and the relatively new field of stability and control, which had suddenly assumed critical importance with the dramatic increases in speed offered by the new turbojets.
- The base is next to Rogers Dry Lake, an endorheic desert salt pan whose hard dry lake surface provides a natural extension to Edwards' runways.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.
- In July 1942, Muroc Army Airfield became a separate airfield from March Field and was placed under the jurisdiction of Fourth Air Force.
- The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
- The North Base is located at the north-west corner of Rogers Lake and is the site of the Air Force's most secret test programs at Edwards.
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
