Nonstop flight route between Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP), La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,345 miles (or 3,774 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 relatively short distance between McGuire AFB and Manuel Márquez de León International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about McGuire AFB (WRI):

• SAC activated the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at the newly re-designated McGuire Air Force Base on 10 November 1948.
• 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.
• McGuire hosts the flying needs of its mission partners on JB MDL.
• 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.
• The host unit at McGuire AFB is the 87th Air Base Wing, United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, AMC..
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, approximately 16.1 miles south-southeast of Trenton.
• 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 base had its first permanent Army Air Force occupant in November 1941 when the 59th Observation Group took up station on 14 November.
• In 1959, Air Defense Command deployed the CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile to McGuire AFB.

Facts about Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP):

• Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,936 miles (19,209 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Manuel Márquez de León International Airport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Manuel Márquez de León International 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 Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP) is Los Cabos International Airport (SJD), which is located 75 miles (121 kilometers) SSE of LAP.
• In addition to being known as "Manuel Márquez de León International Airport", another name for LAP is "Aeropuerto Internacional Manuel Márquez de León".