Correction for the length of The Circumfrence of Earth
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How long is 2,420 nautical miles?
It's about one-tenth as long as The Circumfrence of Earth
The length of The Circumfrence of Earth is about 21,638.7760 nautical miles.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has an Equatorial circumference of approximately 21,638.7760 nautical miles. The first airplane trip around the circumference of the Earth (with a few stops along the way), was completed in 1924 by the United States Army Air Service, and took 175 days.