Nonstop flight route between Blytheville, Arkansas, United States and Tonopah, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA), Blytheville, Arkansas, United States and Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,490 miles (or 2,398 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 relatively short distance between Blytheville Municipal Airport and Tonopah Test Range Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA):

• The closest airport to Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) is Arkansas International Airport (BYH), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) WNW of HKA.
• This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
• The furthest airport from Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,022 miles (17,738 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Blytheville Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Blytheville Municipal 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.
• Blytheville Municipal Airport (HKA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):

• In the 1980s, Tonopah Airport became a major operating location for the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk.
• The earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart.
• Several locations were considered, Michael Army Airfield at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, and the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field on the Goldwater Range in Arizona.
• Near the end of the Cold War the program was abandoned and the squadron was disbanded.
• The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
• The Tonopah Range Airport first opened in 1957, supporting operations on the Test Range itself, which was used for United States Atomic Energy Commission ) funded weapon programs.
• Foreign military sales of United States fighter aircraft to Indonesia and Egypt in the mid-1970s to replace the Soviet fighter aircraft allowed these nations to clandestinely transfer un-needed MiG-21 ultra modern MiG-23s aircraft to the United States for evaluation.
• The furthest airport from Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,207 miles (18,036 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.