Nonstop flight route between Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and Yuncheng, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McGuire AFB (WRI), Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States and Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), Yuncheng, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,233 miles (or 11,641 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 McGuire AFB and Yuncheng Guangong 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 McGuire AFB and Yuncheng Guangong Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about McGuire AFB (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.
• Military Air Transport Service took over jurisdiction of McGuire AFB on 1 July 1954 and took over the flight line of McGuire in 1956, with the ADC interceptors being reassigned.
• 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 hosts the flying needs of its mission partners on JB MDL.
• Flight operations to support Camp Dix at an adjacent airfield took place as early as 1926.
• SAC activated the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at the newly re-designated McGuire Air Force Base on 10 November 1948.
• The closest airport to McGuire AFB (WRI) is JB MDL Lakehurst (NEL), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of WRI.
• On 1 July 1954, Military Air Transport Service took over jurisdiction of McGuire Air Force Base.

Facts about Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU):

• The furthest airport from Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), which is nearly antipodal to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (meaning Yuncheng Guangong Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina.
• Yuncheng Airport has a runway that is 3000 meters long and 60 meters wide, and seven aircraft parking aprons.
• In addition to being known as "Yuncheng Guangong Airport", other names for YCU include "运城关公机场" and "Yùnchéng Guāngōng Jīchǎng".
• The closest airport to Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU) is Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) ESE of YCU.