Nonstop flight route between Afyon, Turkey and Edwards, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Afyon Airport (AFY), Afyon, Turkey and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,965 miles (or 11,209 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 Afyon Airport and Edwards 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 Afyon Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AFY / LTAH |
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Location: | Afyon, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°43'35"N by 30°36'3"E |
Area Served: | Afyon |
Operator/Owner: | Turkish Government Airport Management (in Turkish language: Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi (DHMİ)) |
Airport Type: | Military |
Elevation: | 3310 feet (1,009 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from AFY |
More Information: | AFY Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Afyon Airport (AFY):
- In addition to being known as "Afyon Airport", another name for AFY is "Afyon Havalimanı".
- The furthest airport from Afyon Airport (AFY) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Afyon Airport (AFY) is Zafer Airport (KZR), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) NW of AFY.
- Afyon Airport (AFY) has 2 runways.
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The success of these programs attracted a new type of research activity to the base in late 1946.
- The North Base is located at the north-west corner of Rogers Lake and is the site of the Air Force's most secret test programs at Edwards.
- On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, the 41st Bombardment Group and the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Muroc from Davis-Monthan Army Airfield, Arizona with a collection of B-18 Bolos, an A-29 Hudson and B-25 Mitchells.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- With the arrival of the Bell Aircraft P-59 Airacomet jet fighter, the Mojave Desert station was chosen as a secluded site for testing this super-secret airplane.
- The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
- Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.