Nonstop flight route between Taiyuan, Shanxi, China and Junction City, Kansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), Junction City, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,812 miles (or 10,962 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 Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall 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 Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TYN / ZBYN | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°44'48"N by 112°37'41"E | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 2575 feet (785 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from TYN | 
| More Information: | TYN Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRI / KFRI | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Junction City, Kansas, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°3'9"N by 96°45'51"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | United States Army | 
| View all routes: | Routes from FRI | 
| More Information: | FRI Maps & Info | 
Facts about Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN):
- Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport", other names for TYN include "太原武宿国际机场" and "Tàiyuán Wǔsù Guójì Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN) is Colonia Catriel Airport (CCT), which is nearly antipodal to Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (meaning Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Colonia Catriel Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Colonia Catriel, Río Negro, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport (TYN) is Lüliang Airport (LLV), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) W of TYN.
- Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport handled 6,813,265 passengers last year.
Facts about Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI):
- The furthest airport from Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,654 miles (17,146 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Thanks to conflict-driven innovations in flight and cargo hauling operations, helicopters assumed a much larger peacetime Army role after the Korean War.
- In 1921, Colonel Fred Herman selected the Smoky Hill Flats across the Kansas River as the location for a new airfield.
- Marshall Field did not change much in size or mission during the 1930s.
- Late in 1946 the Army Cavalry School and the Cavalry Intelligence School at Fort Riley were inactivated and the Ground General School was established there.
- The closest airport to Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of FRI.
- During the war the old strips had to be surfaced and lengthened to take increased traffic and heavier, faster planes.
- In addition to being known as "Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base", another name for FRI is "Marshall AAF".




