Nonstop flight route between Augusta, Georgia, United States and Mountain View, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field (AGS), Augusta, Georgia, United States and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,258 miles (or 3,634 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 relatively short distance between Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field and Moffett Federal Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AGS / KAGS |
| Airport Name: | Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field |
| Location: | Augusta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°22'11"N by 81°57'51"W |
| Area Served: | Augusta, Georgia |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Augusta |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 144 feet (44 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AGS |
| More Information: | AGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUQ / KNUQ |
| Airport Name: | Moffett Federal Airfield |
| Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'53"N by 122°2'53"W |
| Operator/Owner: | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Airport Type: | Private |
| Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NUQ |
| More Information: | NUQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field (AGS):
- Augusta Regional Airport covers 1,411 acres at an elevation of 144 feet above mean sea level.
- Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field (AGS) has 2 runways.
- Because of Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field's relatively low elevation of 144 feet, planes can take off or land at Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field 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 self-sufficient airport, which has never used tax dollars, completed the first-ever "Master Plan" in 2002.
- The closest airport to Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field (AGS) is Daniel Field (DNL), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of AGS.
- The furthest airport from Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field (AGS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,456 miles (18,436 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Shortly after flight training commenced in June 1941, Don C.
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- On April 16, 1942, control of the facility was returned to the Navy and it was re-commissioned as NAS Sunnyvale.
- The adjacent NASA Ames Research Center is also home to several wind tunnels, including the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.
- A spirited debate is underway over the future of Hangar One.
- Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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 Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In August 2008, the Navy proposed simply stripping the toxic coating from the hangar and leaving the skeleton after spraying it with a preservative.
- In August 1986 during the NAS Moffett Field Airshow, the Italian demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, and the German Navy's F-104 flight demonstration team, the Vikings, performed in front of the crowd.
- Moffett Field's "Hangar One" and the row of World War II blimp hangars are still some of the largest unsupported structures in the country.
- Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres.
