Nonstop flight route between San Bernardino, California, United States and Beihai, Guangxi, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States and Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY), Beihai, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,525 miles (or 12,111 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 Norton Air Force Base and Beihai Fucheng 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 Norton Air Force Base and Beihai Fucheng Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHY / ZGBH |
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| Location: | Beihai, Guangxi, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°32'21"N by 109°17'38"E |
| Area Served: | Beihai, Guangxi, China |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BHY |
| More Information: | BHY Maps & Info |
Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):
- 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.
- With the air force moving into the jet age in the late 1940s, Norton began overhauling jet engines in 1951, and the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area became one of three air force jet overhaul centers by 1953.
- For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-lift transport facility for a variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies as part of Air Materiel/Air Force Logistics Command, then as part of Military Airlift/Air Mobility Command.
- In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
- In 1955, the 27th AD established a Manual Air-Defense Control Center at Norton to monitor and track aircraft in Southern California.
- 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.
Facts about Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY):
- The furthest airport from Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ), which is nearly antipodal to Beihai Fucheng Airport (meaning Beihai Fucheng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Diego Aracena International Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Iquique, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Beihai Fucheng Airport", other names for BHY include "北海福成机场", "Běihǎi Fúchéng Jīchǎng" and "ZSBH".
- The closest airport to Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) is Zhanjiang Airport (ZHA), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) ESE of BHY.
- Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY) currently has only 1 runway.
