Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Esbjerg, Denmark:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Esbjerg Airport (EBJ), Esbjerg, Denmark would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,897 miles (or 6,272 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Esbjerg 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Esbjerg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EBJ / EKEB |
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Location: | Esbjerg, Denmark |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°31'32"N by 8°33'11"E |
Area Served: | Esbjerg, Denmark |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 97 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EBJ |
More Information: | EBJ Maps & Info |
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.
- There have been over 16,000 launches from the rocket testing range at Wallops since its founding in 1945 in the quest for information on the flight characteristics of airplanes, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, and to increase the knowledge of the Earth's upper atmosphere and the environment of outer space.
- The WFF Research Airport is located on the Main Base.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- The WFF mobile range assets have been used to support rocket launches from locations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and at sea.
- The Wallops Visitor Center has a variety of hands-on exhibits and hosts weekly educational activities and programs to enable children to explore and learn about the technologies designed and used by NASA researchers and scientists.
- 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.
- 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.
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
Facts about Esbjerg Airport (EBJ):
- The furthest airport from Esbjerg Airport (EBJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,597 miles (18,664 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Esbjerg Airport (EBJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Esbjerg Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Esbjerg 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 closest airport to Esbjerg Airport (EBJ) is Billund Airport (BLL), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) ENE of EBJ.
- In addition to being known as "Esbjerg Airport", another name for EBJ is "Esbjerg Lufthavn".