Nonstop flight route between Katima Mulilo, Namibia and Marysville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA), Katima Mulilo, Namibia and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,897 miles (or 15,928 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 Katima Mulilo Airport and Beale Air Force 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 Katima Mulilo Airport and Beale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MPA / FYKM |
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| Location: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°38'3"S by 24°10'35"E |
| Area Served: | Katima Mulilo, Namibia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3144 feet (958 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MPA |
| More Information: | MPA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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| Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
| More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA):
- The closest airport to Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kasane Airport (BBK), which is located 66 miles (107 kilometers) ESE of MPA.
- In addition to being known as "Katima Mulilo Airport", another name for MPA is "Mpacha Airport".
- The furthest airport from Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Katima Mulilo Airport (meaning Katima Mulilo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,291 miles (19,780 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- Katima Mulilo Airport (MPA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- Half of the aircraft were maintained on 15-minute alert, fully fueled, armed, and ready for combat.
- DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
- In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- The 456th BW was inactivated on 30 September 1975, and its equipment and personnel were redesignated as the 17th Bombardment Wing, Heavy when the senior unit was inactivated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- The 940th Wing is a Reconnaissance, Command & Control and Intelligence unit assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve.
