Nonstop flight route between Wang-an, Penghu (Pescadores), Republic of China and Detroit, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wang-an Airport (WOT), Wang-an, Penghu (Pescadores), Republic of China and Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,671 miles (or 12,346 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 Wang-an Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP), 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 Wang-an Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Wang-an Airport (WOT):

• In addition to being known as "Wang-an Airport", other names for WOT include "望安航空站望安機場" and "Wàng'ān HángkōngzhànWàng'ān Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Wang-an Airport (WOT) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Wang-an Airport (meaning Wang-an Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,345 miles (19,868 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
• Wang-an Airport (WOT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Wang-an Airport (WOT) is Qimei Airport (CMJ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of WOT.

Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• At about the same time it sold the airfield, the RFC leased the bomber plant to the Kaiser-Frazer automobile company.
• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Opened in 1942, "Willow Run" was synonymous with the American industrial effort that contributed so much to Allied victory in World War II.
• The first Ford-built Liberators rolled off the Willow Run line in September 1942.
• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Although the airfield itself and the buildings to the east of the runways had been built on Henry Ford's personal property, it is unclear how the parcels across the county line that became the site of the bomber plant were assembled.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• By fall 1944 Willow Run had moved from the B-24L to the B-24M, the last Liberator to be built in significant numbers.