Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Tynda Sigikta (TYD), Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,923 miles (or 7,923 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 Tynda Sigikta, 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 Tynda Sigikta. 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: | TYD / UHBW |
Airport Name: | Tynda Sigikta |
Location: | Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°16'59"N by 124°46'41"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2001 feet (610 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TYD |
More Information: | TYD Maps & Info |
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- Restoration On April 21, 2011, crews began stripping the PCB-laced exterior panels of Hangar One.
- Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located between southern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California, USA.
- As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.
- Moffett Field's "Hangar One" and the row of World War II blimp hangars are still some of the largest unsupported structures in the country.
- 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.
- On April 16, 1942, control of the facility was returned to the Navy and it was re-commissioned as NAS Sunnyvale.
- 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 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.
Facts about Tynda Sigikta (TYD):
- The furthest airport from Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Port Stanley Airport (PSY), which is nearly antipodal to Tynda Sigikta (meaning Tynda Sigikta is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Stanley Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,581 kilometers) away in Stanley, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom.
- The closest airport to Tynda Sigikta (TYD) is Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) N of TYD.
- Tynda Sigikta (TYD) currently has only 1 runway.