Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO), Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,352 miles (or 11,832 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Bouna Tehini 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Bouna Tehini Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUQ / KNUQ |
Airport Name: | Moffett Federal Airfield |
Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'53"N by 122°2'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | NASA Ames Research Center |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUQ |
More Information: | NUQ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BQO / DIBN |
Airport Name: | Bouna Tehini Airport |
Location: | Bouna, Côte d'Ivoire |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°15'20"N by 3°1'59"W |
Area Served: | Bouna |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BQO |
More Information: | BQO Maps & Info |
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- Moffett Field's Hangars Two and Three were built at the beginning of WWII for a program of coastal defense.
- Upon taking jurisdiction of Moffett Field, the Army took on the high cost of Hangar One's maintenance and wanted to inactivate the facility.
- The naval air station was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931.
- The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
- Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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.
- In 1931, the city of Sunnyvale acquired a 1,000 acres parcel of farmland bordering San Francisco Bay, paid for with nearly $480,000 raised by the citizens of Santa Clara County, then "sold" the parcel for $1 to the US government as a home base for the Navy airship USS Macon.
- The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
- In August 1986 during the NAS Moffett Field Airshow, the Italian demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, and the German Navy's F-104 flight demonstration team, the Vikings, performed in front of the crowd.
- The US Navy is evaluating options for remediating the PCBs, lead and asbestos, and NASA is evaluating options for reuse of the hangar.
- The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
Facts about Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO):
- Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Bouna Tehini Airport (meaning Bouna Tehini Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,276 miles (19,757 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- The closest airport to Bouna Tehini Airport (BQO) is Gaoua Airport (XGA), which is located 78 miles (126 kilometers) N of BQO.