Nonstop flight route between Gardez, Afghanistan and Calverton, New York, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from GRG to CTO:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- GRG Airport Information
- CTO Airport Information
- Facts about GRG
- Facts about CTO
- Map of Nearest Airports to GRG
- List of Nearest Airports to GRG
- Map of Furthest Airports from GRG
- List of Furthest Airports from GRG
- Map of Nearest Airports to CTO
- List of Nearest Airports to CTO
- Map of Furthest Airports from CTO
- List of Furthest Airports from CTO
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر (GRG), Gardez, Afghanistan and Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO), Calverton, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,748 miles (or 10,859 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 Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر and Calverton Executive Airpark, 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 Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر and Calverton Executive Airpark. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRG / OAGZ |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Gardez, Afghanistan |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°37'47"N by 69°14'18"E |
Area Served: | Gardez |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 7710 feet (2,350 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRG |
More Information: | GRG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CTO / |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Calverton, New York, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°54'53"N by 72°47'30"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Riverhead |
Airport Type: | Public-owned, Private-use |
Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CTO |
More Information: | CTO Maps & Info |
Facts about Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر (GRG):
- Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر (GRG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر", another name for GRG is "Gardez Airport (Gardez)".
- The closest airport to Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر (GRG) is Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) WSW of GRG.
- Because of Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر's high elevation of 7,710 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GRG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GRG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Gardez Airport د ګردیز هوائی ډګر (GRG) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,983 miles (19,285 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO):
- Because of Calverton Executive Airpark's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Calverton Executive Airpark 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.
- Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) has 2 runways.
- On February 11, 2010 it was announced that the dormant railway track into the site would be reactivated for freight service.
- The closest airport to Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) is Brookhaven Calabro Airport (WSH), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of CTO.
- The furthest airport from Calverton Executive Airpark (CTO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,789 miles (18,972 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- It was formerly the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton which was owned by the United States Navy and used to assemble, test, refit and retrofit jets built by the Grumman Corporation on Long Island.
- In 1996, the wreckage of TWA Flight 800 which had crashed about 20 miles south of the airport was reconstructed in a hangar.
- In addition to being known as "Calverton Executive Airpark", other names for CTO include "CTO[1]" and "3C8".
- As of January 2006, the Navy still owns 358 acres at the site.