Nonstop flight route between Tachilek, Myanmar (Burma) and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tachilek Airport (THL), Tachilek, Myanmar (Burma) and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,876 miles (or 14,284 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 Tachilek Airport and Moody Air Force Base, 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 Tachilek Airport and Moody Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tachilek Airport (THL):

• The furthest airport from Tachilek Airport (THL) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 11,923 miles (19,188 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
• Tachilek Airport (THL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tachilek Airport (THL) is Ban Huoeisay Airport (HOE), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) ESE of THL.

Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):

• Under SAC, Moody was assigned to the Second Air Force and the 40th Air Division.
• To inject more realism into the training, ATC made arrangements with Strategic Air Command to allow instructor pilots to fly intercept missions against SAC bombers with F-86D Sabre, With the addition of interceptor crew training and the acquisition of interceptor aircraft, HQ USAF decided effective 20 October 1953 to assign ATC responsibility for supporting Air Defense Command's interceptor forces.
• The wing executes worldwide close air support, force protection, and combat search and rescue operations in support of humanitarian interests, United States national security and the global war on terrorism.
• Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
• The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing is a non-flying active support wing activated on 25 January 2008.
• Under the Southeast Training Center, Moody AAF controlled several auxiliary airfields
• In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
• The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
• The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
• As part of the implementation of the Objective Wing concept, the 347th was redesignated as the 347th Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991.