Nonstop flight route between Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Lien Khuong Airport (DLI), Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,673 miles (or 13,958 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 Whiteman Air Force Base and Lien Khuong 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 Whiteman Air Force Base and Lien Khuong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):

• The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.
• Missouri Army National Guard 1st Battalion 135th Attack Reconnaissance Brigade, AH-64 Apache
• Other aircraft assigned to Whiteman include the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack fighter.
• However, the 100th AD's tenure at Whiteman did not last long as SAC inactivated the unit on 26 July 1991.
• In the opening months of 1945 Sedalia AAFld began converting from C-47s to C-46s.
• In June 1961, the Department of Defense chose Whiteman to host the fourth Minuteman ICBM wing.
• The furthest airport from Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,815 miles (17,405 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Whiteman AFB is a joint-service base, with Air Force, Army and Navy units.
• In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".

Facts about Lien Khuong Airport (DLI):

• Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is located 60 miles (96 kilometers) ENE of DLI.
• The furthest airport from Lien Khuong Airport (DLI) is Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ), which is nearly antipodal to Lien Khuong Airport (meaning Lien Khuong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport), and is located 12,312 miles (19,814 kilometers) away in Cusco, Cusco Region, Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Lien Khuong Airport", another name for DLI is "Sân bay Liên Khương".
• During 1964–1972, the runway, apron, packing, access roads went through improvement and reinforcement, the runway was refaced with asphalt from 8–10 cm in depth.
• Since 1992 Lien Khuong Airport resumed its civil services with Ho Chi Minh - Lien Khuong, and Huế – Lien Khuong on AK 40 and was later replaced by ATR 72.
• Since October 2004, this airport has served more air link with Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport with Fokker 70 aircraft.
• The airport has been upgraded into international standard to serve international flights to Singapore, South Korea, Laos and Cambodia.