Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Chulman, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), Chulman, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,117 miles (or 8,234 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 Chulman Neryungri 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 Chulman Neryungri 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: | NER / UELL |
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Location: | Chulman, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°54'47"N by 124°54'42"E |
Area Served: | Chulman and Neryungri |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2812 feet (857 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NER |
More Information: | NER Maps & Info |
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- 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.
- 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 first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
- On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, the 41st Bombardment Group and the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Muroc from Davis-Monthan Army Airfield, Arizona with a collection of B-18 Bolos, an A-29 Hudson and B-25 Mitchells.
- The North Base is located at the north-west corner of Rogers Lake and is the site of the Air Force's most secret test programs at Edwards.
- 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.
Facts about Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER):
- In addition to being known as "Chulman Neryungri Airport", another name for NER is "Аэропорт Нерюнгри(Чульман)".
- Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is Tynda Sigikta (TYD), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) S of NER.
- The furthest airport from Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER) is RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN), which is nearly antipodal to Chulman Neryungri Airport (meaning Chulman Neryungri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Mount Pleasant), and is located 12,060 miles (19,409 kilometers) away in Falkland Islands.