Nonstop flight route between Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Wuzhou, Guangxi, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States and Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ), Wuzhou, Guangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,850 miles (or 12,634 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 Wuzhou Changzhoudao 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 Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZL / KSZL |
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| Location: | Knob Noster, Missouri, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°43'49"N by 93°32'53"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from SZL |
| More Information: | SZL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WUZ / ZGWZ |
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| Location: | Wuzhou, Guangxi, China |
| GPS Coordinates: | 23°27'24"N by 111°14'53"E |
| Area Served: | Wuzhou, Guangxi, China |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WUZ |
| More Information: | WUZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):
- Before completion of the construction, SAC activated the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman on 1 Feb 1963.
- During the massive demobilization in the mid-1940s, the base closed and most of the buildings were abandoned.
- 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.
- Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s.
- In the opening months of 1945 Sedalia AAFld began converting from C-47s to C-46s.
- In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".
- The 476th Fighter Group, stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, is an Air Force Reserve Command unit linked to the 23rd Fighter Group at Moody.
- Whiteman AFB is a joint-service base, with Air Force, Army and Navy units.
- The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.
Facts about Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ):
- Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ) is El Loa Airport (CJC), which is nearly antipodal to Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (meaning Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Loa Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile.
- The closest airport to Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ) is Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO), which is located 119 miles (191 kilometers) ESE of WUZ.
- In addition to being known as "Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport", other names for WUZ include "梧州长洲岛机场" and "Wúzhōu Chǎngzhōudǎo Jīchǎng".
