Nonstop flight route between Sivas, Turkey and Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS), Sivas, Turkey and McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,443 miles (or 8,760 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 Sivas Nuri Demirağ 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 Sivas Nuri Demirağ 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 Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS):

• Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Tokat Airport (TJK), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of VAS.
• Because of Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport's high elevation of 5,222 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at VAS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make VAS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport (VAS) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,191 miles (18,009 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• With the departure of the 91st SRW, control of McGuire AFB was reassigned to Continental Air Command.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• In late 1942, Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command took up tenant status at Fort Dix AAB.
• The NYADS was reassigned from 26th AD on 1 April 1966 to First Air Force, until 30 September 1968 when both the sector was inactivated along with DC-01, when budget restrictions along with when technology advances allowed the Air Force to shut down many SAGE Data Centers.
• 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.
• The 305th Air Mobility Wing along with the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, 108th Air Refueling Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and the 514th Air Mobility Wing, has supported every major type of air mobility mission over the past 15 years.
• In 1959, Air Defense Command deployed the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire AFB.