Nonstop flight route between Łódź, Poland and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ), Łódź, Poland and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,274 miles (or 6,878 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 Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport and McGuire AFB, 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 Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ):

• Because of Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport's relatively low elevation of 607 feet, planes can take off or land at Łódź Władysław Reymont 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.
• Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport handled 353,633 passengers last year.
• In September 2005 the runway was extended from 1,443 m to 2,100 m in order to accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737.
• The closest airport to Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) is Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport (WMI), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) NE of LCJ.
• On October 31, 2002 an ILS/DME System was installed at the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport", other names for LCJ include "Port Lotniczy Łódź im. Władysława Reymonta" and "Łódź".
• The furthest airport from Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,523 miles (18,544 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) has 2 runways.
• In 1997 a new passenger terminal was opened.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, approximately 16.1 miles south-southeast of Trenton.
• McGuire the only base in both the Air Mobility Command and the entire U.S.
• The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 1959, Air Defense Command deployed the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire AFB.
• Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
• McGuire originated in 1941 as Fort Dix Army Air Force Base.
• The 52d Fighter Wing, All Weather was assigned to the base, being moved from Mitchel Field, Long Island on 4 October 1949.