Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Baotou Airport (BAV), Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,322 miles (or 10,174 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Baotou 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Baotou Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAV / ZBOW |
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Location: | Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°33'34"N by 109°59'48"E |
Area Served: | Baotou, Inner Mongolia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3320 feet (1,012 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BAV |
More Information: | BAV Maps & Info |
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
- 576th Flight Test Squadron
- As the war progressed, German and Italian prisoners of war were quartered at Camp Cooke.
- Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters.
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Vandenberg Air Force Base is named in honor of the late General Hoyt S.
Facts about Baotou Airport (BAV):
- The closest airport to Baotou Airport (BAV) is Ordos Ejin Horo Airport (DSN), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) S of BAV.
- In addition to being known as "Baotou Airport", other names for BAV include "包头机场" and "Bāotóu Jīchǎng".
- The furthest airport from Baotou Airport (BAV) is Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport (IGB), which is nearly antipodal to Baotou Airport (meaning Baotou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ingeniero Jacobacci Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Ingeniero Jacobacci, Río Negro, Argentina.
- Baotou Airport (BAV) currently has only 1 runway.