Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Nanchang, Jiangxi, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN), Nanchang, Jiangxi, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,807 miles (or 10,955 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Nanchang Changbei International 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Nanchang Changbei International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• With the arrival of the Bell Aircraft P-59 Airacomet jet fighter, the Mojave Desert station was chosen as a secluded site for testing this super-secret airplane.
• Edwards is also home to several other units from DOD, Air Force, Army, Navy, FAA, USPS and many companies that support the primary mission or the personnel stationed there.
• With the end of the war, Fourth Air Force relinquished command of Muroc Army Airfield on 16 October 1945 and jurisdiction was transferred to Air Technical Service Command, becoming Air Materiel Command in 1946.
• The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
• Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in southern California, located approximately 22 miles northeast of Lancaster.
• The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.

Facts about Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN):

• In addition to being known as "Nanchang Changbei International Airport", other names for KHN include "南昌昌北国际机场" and "Nánchāng Chāngběi Guójì Jīchǎng".
• Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN) is Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE), which is nearly antipodal to Nanchang Changbei International Airport (meaning Nanchang Changbei International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport), and is located 12,359 miles (19,890 kilometers) away in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
• The closest airport to Nanchang Changbei International Airport (KHN) is Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) N of KHN.
• Because of Nanchang Changbei International Airport's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Nanchang Changbei 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.
• Nanchang Changbei International Airport handled 6,018,223 passengers last year.
• Nanchang Public Transport Corporation operates two airport routes from the city.