Nonstop flight route between Kassala, Sudan and Marietta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kassala Airport (KSL), Kassala, Sudan and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,269 miles (or 11,698 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 Kassala Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve 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 Kassala Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kassala Airport (KSL):

• The furthest airport from Kassala Airport (KSL) is Makemo Airport (MKP), which is nearly antipodal to Kassala Airport (meaning Kassala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Makemo Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Makemo, French Polynesia.
• Kassala Airport (KSL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Kassala Airport (KSL) is Khashm El Girba Airport (GBU), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SW of KSL.

Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• Public complaints about the noise continue, and attempts to close the facility have been thwarted so far by powerful local politicians, such as former U.S.
• The 94th Airlift Wing is the host unit at Dobbins ARB supporting all agencies and tenants at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
• The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Following the war, the Bell Aircraft Plant #6 remained closed for five years.
• Marietta Army Airfield remained open after the war and became the home of Georgia Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units.
• After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, work on this new airfield accelerated rapidly.
• The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
• In 1940, the CAA offered to build a modern paved airport in Cobb County if the local governments provided the land.
• Originally intended by Cobb County, Georgia as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field, this airfield was constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field.
• The mission of the Marietta Army Airfield was acceptance testing of B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers for the USAAF, the modification of B-29s, and the operation of an Army Air Depot.
• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".