Nonstop flight route between Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robins Air Force Base (WRB), Warner Robins, Georgia, United States and Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ), Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,838 miles (or 12,613 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 Robins Air Force Base and Ngari Gunsa 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 Robins Air Force Base and Ngari Gunsa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Robins Air Force Base (WRB):

• In addition to aircraft maintenance and supply, air depots also trained aviation support personnel.
• Throughout World War II, 23,670 employees repaired almost every kind of AAF aircraft, including B-17s, C-47s, B-29s, B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, and P-51s.
• Between 1977 and 1981, Robins was the air base used by former President Jimmy Carter during his tenure on visits to his hometown of Plains.
• The host unit at Robins AFB is the 78th Air Base Wing which provides services and support for the Warner-Robins Air Logistics Complex and its tenant organizations.
• The closest airport to Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of WRB.
• The furthest airport from Robins Air Force Base (WRB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,355 miles (18,274 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Robins Air Force Base", another name for WRB is "Robins AFB".
• Near the base is the Museum of Aviation, begun in 1981, has four major structures on forty-three acres and ninety historic aircraft.
• The 1935 Wilcox-Wilson bill provided for construction of new army air logistics depots, and in the early 1940s Macon civic leaders, led by Mayor Charles L.

Facts about Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ):

• Because of Ngari Gunsa Airport's high elevation of 14,022 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at NGQ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make NGQ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,774 miles (18,948 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Ngari Gunsa Airport (NGQ) is Bhuntar Airport (KUU), which is located 171 miles (275 kilometers) W of NGQ.
• In addition to being known as "Ngari Gunsa Airport", other names for NGQ include "阿里昆莎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་" and "Ālǐ Kūnshā Jīchǎng".