Nonstop flight route between Mercury, Nevada, United States and Yaren, Nauru:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yucca Airstrip (UCC), Mercury, Nevada, United States and Nauru International Airport (INU), Yaren, Nauru would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,528 miles (or 8,897 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 Yucca Airstrip and Nauru 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 Yucca Airstrip and Nauru 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: | UCC / KUCC |
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Location: | Mercury, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°56'44"N by 116°2'16"W |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Energy |
Elevation: | 3919 feet (1,195 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UCC |
More Information: | UCC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | INU / ANYN |
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Location: | Yaren, Nauru |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°32'50"S by 166°55'8"E |
Area Served: | Nauru |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 22 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from INU |
More Information: | INU Maps & Info |
Facts about Yucca Airstrip (UCC):
- The airport was the staging area for SHOT BADGER, a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series of nuclear test shots on April 18, 1953.
- Yucca Airstrip (UCC) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Desert Rock Airport (DRA), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) S of UCC.
- In addition to being known as "Yucca Airstrip", another name for UCC is "NV11".
- The furthest airport from Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,249 miles (18,103 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Nauru International Airport (INU):
- The closest airport to Nauru International Airport (INU) is Ebon Airport (EBO), which is located 377 miles (607 kilometers) NNE of INU.
- Because of Nauru International Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Nauru 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 addition to being known as "Nauru International Airport", another name for INU is "Reikoariata Republik Naoero".
- The airport has the head office of Our Airline.
- Nauru International Airport (INU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Since September 2006, Air Nauru has resumed operations under the new name, Our Airline, with a Boeing 737-300 consuming nearly 30% of the nation's GDP.
- In 2005, the only Boeing 737-400 of the near-bankrupt airline Air Nauru was seized by creditors in Australia.
- The furthest airport from Nauru International Airport (INU) is Greenville/Sinoe Airport (SNI), which is nearly antipodal to Nauru International Airport (meaning Nauru International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Greenville/Sinoe Airport), and is located 12,021 miles (19,346 kilometers) away in Greenville, Liberia.