Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Cà Mau Province, Vietnam:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Cà Mau Airport (CAH), Cà Mau Province, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,179 miles (or 13,163 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cà Mau 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cà Mau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAH / VVCM |
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Location: | Cà Mau Province, Vietnam |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°10'32"N by 105°10'45"E |
Area Served: | Cà Mau |
Operator/Owner: | Southern Airports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAH |
More Information: | CAH Maps & Info |
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Although the construction of Camp Cooke continued well into 1942, troop training did not wait.
Facts about Cà Mau Airport (CAH):
- The closest airport to Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is Rach Gia Airport (VKG), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) N of CAH.
- On 30 April 1995, this airport revived the civil flight with an AN 2 VF808.
- Because of Cà Mau Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Cà Mau 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 "Cà Mau Airport", another name for CAH is "Sân bay Cà Mau".
- The furthest airport from Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cà Mau Airport (meaning Cà Mau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
- Cà Mau Airport (CAH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In April 1975, following the fall of Saigon, the airport was controlled by communist forces.