Nonstop flight route between Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and Providence, Rhode Island, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and T. F. Green Airport (PVD), Providence, Rhode Island, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 203 miles (or 327 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 T. F. Green 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):

• The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world, and were equipped with a W40 nuclear warhead.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• 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.
• With the departure of the 91st SRW, control of McGuire AFB was reassigned to Continental Air Command.
• McGuire Air Force Base was established as Fort Dix Airport in 1937 and first opened to military aircraft on 9 January 1941.
• The NYADS was reassigned from 26th AD on 1 April 1966 to First Air Force, until 30 September 1968 when both the sector was inactivated along with DC-01, when budget restrictions along with when technology advances allowed the Air Force to shut down many SAGE Data Centers.
• In addition to being known as "McGuire AFB", another name for WRI is "McGuire AFB/JB MDL McGuire".
• McGuire the only base in both the Air Mobility Command and the entire U.S.

Facts about T. F. Green Airport (PVD):

• The airport's terminal, named for former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun, has two concourses, North and South.
• In addition to being known as "T. F. Green Airport", another name for PVD is "Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport".
• The Rhode Island Airport Corporation writes that the master plan completed in 1997 failed to envision the "tremendous growth" that had been experienced.
• The Army Air Force took control from 1942 to 1945, using it for flight training.
• The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority offers public bus transportation to and from the cities of Providence and Newport.
• Because of T. F. Green Airport's relatively low elevation of 55 feet, planes can take off or land at T. F. Green 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 furthest airport from T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,792 miles (18,977 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to T. F. Green Airport (PVD) is North Central State Airport (SFZ), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NNW of PVD.
• T. F. Green Airport (PVD) has 2 runways.
• While some expansion proponents claim extending the main runway would bring in an estimated $138 million over 13 years, doing so could consume 204 houses, at least ten businesses, and large areas of wetlands.