Nonstop flight route between Norfolk, Virginia, United States and Moucha Island, Djibouti:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Station Norfolk (NGU), Norfolk, Virginia, United States and Moucha Airport (MHI), Moucha Island, Djibouti would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,274 miles (or 11,706 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 Naval Station Norfolk and Moucha 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 Naval Station Norfolk and Moucha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Naval Station Norfolk (NGU):

• The land on which the naval station is located was originally the site of the 1907 Jamestown Exposition.
• Construction of the training camp began on Independence Day 1917, and within the first 30 days housing for 7,500 men had been completed.
• In July 1940, the Federal government began dredging Willoughby Bay and the Naval Air Station seaplane operating area at Breezy Point, Virginia was constructed from reclaimed marshlands at the mouth of Mason Creek, Virginia.
• Some 353 acres were eventually reclaimed at a cost of $2.1 million.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Station Norfolk", another name for NGU is "Chambers Field".
• The Republican party rose to power in 1920, promising fiscal austerity.
• Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) currently has only 1 runway.
• World War II profoundly changed the appearance of the Naval Station.
• The furthest airport from Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,762 miles (18,929 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Naval Station Norfolk (NGU) is Norfolk International Airport (ORF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ESE of NGU.
• In all, these new requirements led to enlarging the construction project to five times its original scope.

Facts about Moucha Airport (MHI):

• The closest airport to Moucha Airport (MHI) is Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSW of MHI.
• The furthest airport from Moucha Airport (MHI) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Moucha Airport (meaning Moucha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,690 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.