Nonstop flight route between Jumla, Nepal and Jacksonville, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jumla Airport (JUM), Jumla, Nepal and Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX), Jacksonville, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,177 miles (or 13,160 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 Jumla Airport and Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1, 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 Jumla Airport and Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jumla Airport (JUM):

• The airport resides at an elevation of 7,700 feet above mean sea level.
• Jumla Airport (JUM) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jumla Airport (JUM) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,715 miles (18,854 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Jumla Airport is an airport serving Jumla, the capital of the Jumla District in the Karnali Zone in Nepal.
• The closest airport to Jumla Airport (JUM) is Bajura Airport (BJU), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) WNW of JUM.
• Because of Jumla Airport's high elevation of 7,700 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JUM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JUM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX):

• Because of Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 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.
• Local pilot Laurie Yonge offered airplane rides from the beaches.
• The furthest airport from Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,460 miles (18,442 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Originally named Jacksonville Municipal Airport Number One, in the 1950s the facility was renamed after Thomas Cole Imeson, city councilman and later longtime commissioner in charge of airports and highways.
• The closest airport to Imeson FieldJacksonville Army AirfieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station Jacksonville #1 (IJX) is Jacksonville International Airport (JAX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NNW of IJX.
• Jacksonville Municipal Airport Number One opened on October 11, 1927.
• Imeson Field, also known as Jacksonville Imeson Airport, was the airport serving Jacksonville, Florida, from 1927 until its closing in 1968.
• Imeson Field was built southeast of the intersection of North Main Street and Busch Drive, the site of a 175-acre prison farm north of downtown Jacksonville.
• The City of Jacksonville reopened it as Jacksonville Imeson Airport.
• Airport diagrams for 1955 and 1968