Nonstop flight route between Jinzhou, Liaoning, China and San Bernardino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ), Jinzhou, Liaoning, China and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,058 miles (or 9,749 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport and Norton 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport and Norton 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 Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ):

• The closest airport to Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) is Chaoyang Airport (CHG), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NW of JNZ.
• The furthest airport from Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) is Necochea Airport (NEC), which is nearly antipodal to Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (meaning Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Necochea Airport), and is located 12,256 miles (19,724 kilometers) away in Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• In addition to being known as "Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport", other names for JNZ include "锦州小岭子机场" and "Jǐnzhōu Xiǎolǐngzi Jīchǎng".
• Jinzhou Xiaolingzi Airport (JNZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• With the air force moving into the jet age in the late 1940s, Norton began overhauling jet engines in 1951, and the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area became one of three air force jet overhaul centers by 1953.
• The aviation facilities of the base were converted into San Bernardino International Airport, and 3 of the 4 stationed squadrons – C-141 Starlifter, C-21, and C-12 Huron aircraft – were moved to nearby March Air Force Base, while the remaining squadron – C-141 aircraft – was moved to McChord Air Force Base, Washington.
• The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
• Norton Air Force Base was a United States Air Force facility located 2 miles east of downtown San Bernardino, California in San Bernardino County.
• In 1955, the 27th AD established a Manual Air-Defense Control Center at Norton to monitor and track aircraft in Southern California.
• The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.