Nonstop flight route between Aden, Yemen and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aden International Airport (ADE), Aden, Yemen and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,736 miles (or 14,060 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 Aden International Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base, 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 Aden International Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aden International Airport (ADE):

• Because of Aden International Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Aden 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.
• The closest airport to Aden International Airport (ADE) is Ta'izz International Airport (TAI), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) NW of ADE.
• The airport was established on the former RAF Khormaksar, which opened in 1917 and closed as an RAF station in 1967.
• In addition to being known as "Aden International Airport", another name for ADE is "مطار عدن الدولي".
• The furthest airport from Aden International Airport (ADE) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Aden International Airport (meaning Aden International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,458 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Aden International Airport (ADE) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• Laughlin AFB was originally named Laughlin Army Air Field on March 3, 1943, after Jack T.
• Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
• In 1961, Headquarters US Air Force notified Laughlin officials their mission would expand to again include an Air Training Command undergraduate pilot training program.
• Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• As of the census of 2014, there were 2,225 people, 651 households, and 570 families residing on the base.