Nonstop flight route between Meridian, Mississippi, United States and Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Key Field Air National Guard Base (MEI), Meridian, Mississippi, United States and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU), Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,924 miles (or 6,315 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 Key Field Air National Guard Base and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport, 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 Key Field Air National Guard Base and Uyuni Joya Andina Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Key Field Air National Guard Base (MEI):

• Key Field is home to the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th Air Refueling Wing.
• The closest airport to Key Field Air National Guard Base (MEI) is Hesler-Noble Field (LUL), which is located 52 miles (83 kilometers) SSW of MEI.
• In addition to being known as "Key Field Air National Guard Base", another name for MEI is "Key Field ANGB".
• The furthest airport from Key Field Air National Guard Base (MEI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,055 miles (17,792 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU):

• Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (meaning Uyuni Joya Andina Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
• In addition to being known as "Uyuni Joya Andina Airport", another name for UYU is "Aeropuerto de Uyuni / Aeropuerto Joya Andina".
• The closest airport to Uyuni Joya Andina Airport (UYU) is Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), which is located 142 miles (228 kilometers) NE of UYU.
• Because of Uyuni Joya Andina Airport's high elevation of 12,972 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UYU. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UYU a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.