Nonstop flight route between Marietta, Georgia, United States and Fane, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States and Fane Airport (FNE), Fane, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,730 miles (or 14,049 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 Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Fane 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 Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Fane Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):

• In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
• On January 23, 1942, the Bell Aircraft Company and the Department of War announced that an aircraft factory employing up to 40,000 workers would be built near Marietta.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1940, the CAA offered to build a modern paved airport in Cobb County if the local governments provided the land.
• 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.
• In 1949, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta created the Southern Technical Institute, which was moved to land given by Dobbins AFB in 1958.
• The Wing's primary mission is training C-130H aircrews for the United States Air Force's active duty, guard and reserve components.
• In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.

Facts about Fane Airport (FNE):

• Fane Airport (FNE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fane Airport (FNE) is Kokoda Airport (KKD), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) ESE of FNE.
• Because of Fane Airport's high elevation of 4,300 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FNE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FNE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Fane Airport (FNE) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,718 miles (18,858 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.