Nonstop flight route between Aldan, Russia and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aldan Airport (ADH), Aldan, Russia and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,805 miles (or 9,343 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 Aldan 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 Aldan 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 Aldan Airport (ADH):

• In addition to being known as "Aldan Airport", another name for ADH is "Аэропорт Алдан".
• The closest airport to Aldan Airport (ADH) is Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) S of ADH.
• The furthest airport from Aldan Airport (ADH) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is nearly antipodal to Aldan Airport (meaning Aldan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport), and is located 12,147 miles (19,549 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Aldan Airport (ADH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• 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.
• Laughlin Air Force Base reopened on May 1, 1952.
• Today, aircraft flown at Laughlin include the T-6A Texan II, the T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
• Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
• On the base the population was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 23.6% from 18 to 24, 42.7% from 25 to 44, 2.5% from 45 to 64, and 0.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
• 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.