Nonstop flight route between San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between San Fernando Airport (SFE), San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,410 miles (or 13,534 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 San Fernando Airport and McGuire AFB, 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 San Fernando Airport and McGuire AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about San Fernando Airport (SFE):

• San Fernando Airport (SFE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "San Fernando Airport", another name for SFE is "Paliparan ng San Fernando Pagtayaban ti San Fernando".
• Because of San Fernando Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at San Fernando 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 San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Concepción Airport (CEP), which is nearly antipodal to San Fernando Airport (meaning San Fernando Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Concepción Airport), and is located 12,279 miles (19,762 kilometers) away in Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• The closest airport to San Fernando Airport (SFE) is Loakan Airport (BAG), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SE of SFE.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world, and were equipped with a W40 nuclear warhead.
• With the departure of the 91st SRW, control of McGuire AFB was reassigned to Continental Air Command.
• McGuire hosts the flying needs of its mission partners on JB MDL.
• Air Technical Service Command began using the base in 1943 overhauling, servicing and preparing aircraft for overseas shipment to North Africa and to the United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• The furthest airport from McGuire AFB (WRI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,757 miles (18,921 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".