Nonstop flight route between Künes, Xinjiang, China and San Bernardino, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Nalati Airport (NLT), Künes, Xinjiang, China and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,925 miles (or 11,144 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 Nalati Airport and Norton 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 Nalati Airport and Norton 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: | NLT / ZWNL |
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Location: | Künes, Xinjiang, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°25'59"N by 83°22'49"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from NLT |
More Information: | NLT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SBD / |
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Location: | San Bernardino, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'43"N by 117°14'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from SBD |
More Information: | SBD Maps & Info |
Facts about Nalati Airport (NLT):
- The furthest airport from Nalati Airport (NLT) is Gamboa Airport (WCA), which is located 11,283 miles (18,159 kilometers) away in Castro, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Nalati Airport", other names for NLT include "那拉提机场" and "Nàlātí Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Nalati Airport (NLT) is Yining Airport (YIN), which is located 109 miles (175 kilometers) WNW of NLT.
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- Norton Air Force Base was named for San Bernardino native Captain Leland Francis Norton.
- The closure was cited as due to environmental wastes, inadequate facilities, and air traffic congestion west, and Los Angeles International Airport, 60 miles west).
- LAADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and the designation was returned as the 27th Air Division, being stationed at Luke AFB, Arizona under Fourth Air Force as part of a consolidation with the inactivating Phoenix Air Defense Sector.
- The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
- The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
- A base railroad system interchanged with the Pacific Electric/Southern Pacific branch line on the south side of the installation.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- On 29 November 1957, General Thomas D.