Nonstop flight route between Verona, Italy and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Verona Airport (VRN), Verona, Italy and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,268 miles (or 6,869 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 Verona Airport and Wallops Flight Facility 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 Verona Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VRN / LIPX |
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Location: | Verona, Italy |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°23'47"N by 10°53'17"E |
Area Served: | Verona, Italy |
Operator/Owner: | GardaAeroporti |
Airport Type: | Civil / Military |
Elevation: | 240 feet (73 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VRN |
More Information: | VRN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Facts about Verona Airport (VRN):
- Verona Airport handled 3,198,788 passengers last year.
- In 1995 the airport reached the record of one million passengers per annum and only five years later, in 2001, the number of people carried grew to two million.
- In addition to being known as "Verona Airport", another name for VRN is "Aeroporto di Verona-Villafranca".
- The furthest airport from Verona Airport (VRN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Verona Airport (meaning Verona Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,059 miles (19,408 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Verona Airport's relatively low elevation of 240 feet, planes can take off or land at Verona 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.
- Verona Airport (VRN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Verona Airport (VRN) is Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio (VBS), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) W of VRN.
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- Wallops Flight Facility, located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for N.A.S.A.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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.
- The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Weather measurements and predictions are critical to all Research Airport operations, rocket and balloon launches, and in safely conducting hazardous operations on the ground.
- The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.