Nonstop flight route between Alerta, Peru and Modesto, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alerta Airport (ALD), Alerta, Peru and Modesto City-County Airport (MOD), Modesto, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,769 miles (or 7,676 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 Alerta Airport and Modesto City-County 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 Alerta Airport and Modesto City-County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alerta Airport (ALD):

• The furthest airport from Alerta Airport (ALD) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Alerta Airport (meaning Alerta Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,337 miles (19,854 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
• Because of Alerta Airport's relatively low elevation of 800 feet, planes can take off or land at Alerta 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 Alerta Airport (ALD) is Iberia Airport (IBP), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NNW of ALD.
• In addition to being known as "Alerta Airport", another name for ALD is "Aeropuerto de Alerta".

Facts about Modesto City-County Airport (MOD):

• In addition to being known as "Modesto City-County Airport", other names for MOD include "Harry Sham Field" and "Modesto Auxiliary Airfield".
• Because of Modesto City-County Airport's relatively low elevation of 97 feet, planes can take off or land at Modesto City-County 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 furthest airport from Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In June 2008 Utah based SkyWest Airlines ceased service to Los Angeles citing high fuel prices.
• Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) has 2 runways.
• In mid-2006 United Express/SkyWest Airlines added four flights a day to/from LAX and a flight to SFO to total 5 flights a day to San Francisco.
• Modesto City-County Airport is two miles southeast of Modesto in Stanislaus County, California, USA.
• The closest airport to Modesto City-County Airport (MOD) is NASA Crows Landing Airport (NRC), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSW of MOD.
• In January 2010 the airport attracted periodic leisure charter flights on Boeing 737-400 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets to Laughlin and West Wendover, NV.