Nonstop flight route between Tours, France and Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF), Tours, France and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,644 miles (or 5,864 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 Tours Val de Loire Airport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International 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 Tours Val de Loire Airport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TUF / LFOT |
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Location: | Tours, France |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°25'54"N by 0°43'23"E |
Area Served: | Tours, France |
Operator/Owner: | Ministère de la Défense (FAF) |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 357 feet (109 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TUF |
More Information: | TUF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AVP / KAVP |
Airport Name: | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport |
Location: | Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°20'17"N by 75°43'23"W |
Area Served: | Wilkes-Barre–Scranton |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 962 feet (293 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AVP |
More Information: | AVP Maps & Info |
Facts about Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF):
- In addition to being known as "Tours Val de Loire Airport", another name for TUF is "Aéroport Tours Val de LoireBase Aérienne 604Tours Val de Loire".
- The furthest airport from Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Tours Val de Loire Airport (meaning Tours Val de Loire Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,152 miles (19,557 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Tours Val de Loire Airport is an airport in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, 6 km north-northeast of the city of Tours in the Loire Valley.
- The closest airport to Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF) is Angers – Loire Airport (ANE), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) W of TUF.
- Because of Tours Val de Loire Airport's relatively low elevation of 357 feet, planes can take off or land at Tours Val de Loire 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.
- Tours Val de Loire Airport (TUF) currently has only 1 runway.
- After World War II the airport was used by NATO and the US Air Force before becoming a flying school in the 1950s.
Facts about Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP):
- Because of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport's relatively low elevation of 962 feet, planes can take off or land at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International 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.
- In May 2006 the airport completed an $80 million new terminal and garage.
- The furthest airport from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,655 miles (18,757 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Besides regional airline flights, the airport has had many celebrity visitors.
- A project completed in late 2011 was the new control tower and Tracon facility.
- The closest airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (WBW), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of AVP.
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) has 2 runways.