Nonstop flight route between Astoria, Oregon, United States and Lompoc, California, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from AST to VBG:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- AST Airport Information
- VBG Airport Information
- Facts about AST
- Facts about VBG
- Map of Nearest Airports to AST
- List of Nearest Airports to AST
- Map of Furthest Airports from AST
- List of Furthest Airports from AST
- Map of Nearest Airports to VBG
- List of Nearest Airports to VBG
- Map of Furthest Airports from VBG
- List of Furthest Airports from VBG
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Astoria Regional Airport (AST), Astoria, Oregon, United States and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 808 miles (or 1,301 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 Astoria Regional Airport and Vandenberg Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | AST / KAST |
| Airport Name: | Astoria Regional Airport |
| Location: | Astoria, Oregon, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°9'29"N by 123°52'42"W |
| Area Served: | Astoria, Oregon |
| Operator/Owner: | Port of Astoria |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from AST |
| More Information: | AST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
| More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Facts about Astoria Regional Airport (AST):
- Astoria Regional Airport is a public airport in Warrenton, three miles southwest of Astoria, in Clatsop County, Oregon.
- The closest airport to Astoria Regional Airport (AST) is Southwest Washington Regional Airport (KLS), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) E of AST.
- Astoria Regional Airport (AST) has 2 runways.
- Because of Astoria Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Astoria Regional 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 Astoria Regional Airport (AST) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,892 miles (17,529 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- The base is named in honor of former Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt S.
- 9th Space Operations Squadron
- General Vandenberg retired from the Air Force in June 1953.
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- From August 1950 to February 1953, Camp Cooke served as a training installation for units slated for combat in Korea, and as a summer training base for many other reserve units.
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- Joint Functional Component Command for Space
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
