Nonstop flight route between Annemasse, France and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), Annemasse, France and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,316 miles (or 6,946 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 Annemasse Aerodrome and Pope Field, 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 Annemasse Aerodrome and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ):

• Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Annemasse Aerodrome (meaning Annemasse Aerodrome is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Annemasse Aerodrome", another name for QNJ is "Aérodrome d'Annemasse".
• The closest airport to Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ) is Geneva International Airport (GVA), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) WNW of QNJ.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• Lessons learned in the Gulf War in 1990-1991 led senior defense planners to conclude that the structure of the military establishment created numerous command and control problems.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition, the USAF 18th Air Support Operations Group, 427th Special Operations Squadron, 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and Air Force Combat Control School operate from Pope Field.
• The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, was located at Pope in August 1950.
• In 1918, Congress established Camp Bragg, an Army field artillery site named for the Confederate General Braxton Bragg.