Nonstop flight route between Belgrade, Serbia and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), Belgrade, Serbia and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,114 miles (or 9,839 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG):

• Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2012, construction work on the expansion and overhaul of the C platform began.
• The furthest airport from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,607 miles (18,679 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Belgrade's first international airport was opened on 25 March 1927 on the territory of today's Novi Beograd.
• In addition to being known as "Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport", other names for BEG include "Аеродром Београд - Никола Тесла" and "Aerodrom Beograd - Nikola Tesla".
• In February 2012 construction work on the modernization and expansion of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport began.
• With a change in government and international sentiment, normal air traffic resumed in 2001.
• In August 2007, the airport management announced that within the next 4 years Terminal 2 gates will be expanded as well as parking spaces for aircraft.
• The closest airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) is Batajnica Airbase (BJY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of BEG.
• Because of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport's relatively low elevation of 336 feet, planes can take off or land at Belgrade Nikola Tesla 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.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
• As of the census of 2014, there were 2,225 people, 651 households, and 570 families residing on the base.
• Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
• Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the USAF, is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• 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.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.
• 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.