Nonstop flight route between Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Marysville, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Villa Gesell Airport (VLG), Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,675 miles (or 10,743 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 Villa Gesell Airport and Beale 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 Villa Gesell Airport and Beale 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 Villa Gesell Airport (VLG):

• Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) is Weihai Dashuibo Airport (WEH), which is nearly antipodal to Villa Gesell Airport (meaning Villa Gesell Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Weihai Dashuibo Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Weihai, Shandong, China.
• Because of Villa Gesell Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Villa Gesell Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The closest airport to Villa Gesell Airport (VLG) is Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) SSW of VLG.
• In addition to being known as "Villa Gesell Airport", another name for VLG is "Aeropuerto de Villa Gesell".

Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):

• The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Located in a cantonment area on the outskirts of Beale, the renamed 7th Space Warning Squadron is now an Air Force Space Command unit and it primarily uses its PAVE PAWS radar to detect submarine-launched ballistic missiles and disintegrating spacecraft and space debris.
• Beale Air Force Base covers nearly 23,000 acres of rolling hills in northern California.
• In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
• Half of the aircraft were maintained on 15-minute alert, fully fueled, armed, and ready for combat.
• In 1952 Beale AFB was placed in inactive status for conversion to an operational airbase.
• Eventually excess land from the former Army Camp was sold off to the public.
• The Air Force activated the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron on 1 April 1961.
• On 16 May 1964, Defense Secretary McNamara directed the accelerated phaseout of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs.
• The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.