Nonstop flight route between Imperial Beach, California, United States and Ranong, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS), Imperial Beach, California, United States and Ranong Airport (UNN), Ranong, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,683 miles (or 13,974 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 Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and Ranong 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 Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and Ranong 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 Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS):

• On August 1, 1974, NAS Imperial Beach was once again re-designated as a Naval Auxiliary Landing Field and in October 1975 was designated an Outlying Field and presently operates as a branch of Naval Base Coronado.
• Presently OLF Imperial Beach encompasses 1,204 acres with 270 of those acres leased out for agricultural purposes and 284 acres leased to the State of California for a wildlife refuge at the southeast corner by the base itself.
• The closest airport to Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of NRS.
• Shortly after World War II, Ream Field was decommissioned.
• In 1951, Ream Field Imperial Beach became home to its first helicopter squadron when HU-1 moved on board.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach", another name for NRS is "Ream Field".
• The furthest airport from Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,552 miles (18,590 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• When Imperial Beach was designated on Outlying Field, this put a halt to a master plan developed on 1967 to determine the facilities required to support units assigned by the Chief of Naval Operations.
• In 1917, the United States Army established Aviation Field on the current site of OLF Imperial Beach.
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Ranong Airport (UNN):

• Ranong Airport (UNN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Ranong Airport (UNN) is Kawthaung Airport (KAW), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) N of UNN.
• Because of Ranong Airport's relatively low elevation of 57 feet, planes can take off or land at Ranong Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from Ranong Airport (UNN) is Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), which is nearly antipodal to Ranong Airport (meaning Ranong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport), and is located 12,241 miles (19,699 kilometers) away in Trujillo, Peru.