Nonstop flight route between Wau, Sudan and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wau Airport (WUU), Wau, Sudan and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,113 miles (or 11,447 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 Wau Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base, 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 Wau Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wau Airport (WUU):

• The closest airport to Wau Airport (WUU) is M'Boki Airport (MKI), which is located 217 miles (349 kilometers) SW of WUU.
• Wau Airport is located in Wau County, Western Bahr el Ghazal State, in the city of Wau.
• This location lies approximately 511 kilometres, by air, northwest of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan.
• Wau Airport (WUU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Service to Juba, South Sudan was provided by Southern Star Airlines until the airlines failure in late 2011.
• The furthest airport from Wau Airport (WUU) is Mataiva Airport (MVT), which is located 11,895 miles (19,143 kilometers) away in Mataiva, French Polynesia.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• The 482th Fighter Wing is part of the Air Force Reserve Command and Tenth Air Force and functions as the host wing for the installation.
• The 379th BW transferred its B-47s beginning in October 1960 and moved without personnel or equipment to Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan in January 1961.
• In the early 1950s, as the Korean War was winding down, defense officials once again looked toward Homestead with an eye at making the site a key player in continental defense.
• After being closed by the military, Homestead was known as Dade County Airport, and operated as a civilian facility for almost a decade.
• During the Atlantic hurricane season, the 482th Fighter Wing routinely supports forward deployment of the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing from Keesler AFB, Mississippi, flying the WC-130 Hercules aircraft in the "Hurricane Hunters" weather reconnaissance mission.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".