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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wau Airport (WUU), Wau, Sudan and Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), Panama City, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,323 miles (or 11,785 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 Tyndall Air Force 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 Tyndall Air Force 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):

• Wau Airport (WUU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Wau Airport (WUU) is M'Boki Airport (MKI), which is located 217 miles (349 kilometers) SW of WUU.
• 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.
• Wau Airport is a civilian airport that serves the city of Wau and surrounding communities.

Facts about Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM):

• Today, Tyndall is the home of the 325th Fighter Wing, providing training for all F-22A Raptor pilots.
• Additionally, all of the Air Force's Air Battle Managers are initially trained at Tyndall prior to proceeding to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma for actual positional training in the E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft.
• On 1 July 1956 Tyndall AFB became the station operating for the third phase of the ADC mobile radar program, being designated as TM-198.
• The closest airport to Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Panama City–Bay County International Airport (PFN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of PAM.
• In 1962 the search radar was upgraded and re-designated as an AN/FPS-64.
• It also received a Back-Up Interceptor Control II, and later BUIC III, capability to perform command and control functions.
• Headquarters, First Air Force at Tyndall is part of the Air Combat Command, ensuring the air sovereignty and air defense of the continental United States.
• The furthest airport from Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,235 miles (18,080 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• When World War II ended, Tyndall Field was demobilized.