Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Calvi, Corsica, France:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY), Calvi, Corsica, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,116 miles (or 9,843 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 Calvi - Sainte-Catherine 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 Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CLY / LFKC |
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Location: | Calvi, Corsica, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°31'29"N by 8°47'23"E |
Area Served: | Calvi, Corsica, France |
Operator/Owner: | CCI de Bastia et de la Haute-Corse |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 209 feet (64 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CLY |
More Information: | CLY Maps & Info |
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 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 base has played a significant role in the development of virtually every aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory since World War II.
- The Main Base is also the home of the Benefield Anechoic Facility, an electromagnetic and radio frequency testing building.
- A water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad since 1876, the site was largely unsettled until the early 20th century.
- Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY):
- The closest airport to Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) is Bastia – Poretta Airport (BIA), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) E of CLY.
- Because of Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport's relatively low elevation of 209 feet, planes can take off or land at Calvi - Sainte-Catherine 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.
- Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport (meaning Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,158 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport", another name for CLY is "Aéroport de Calvi - Sainte-Catherine".