Nonstop flight route between Paris, France and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris, France and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,458 miles (or 7,174 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Moody 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 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Moody 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: | CDG / LFPG |
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| Location: | Paris, France |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°0'34"N by 2°32'52"E |
| Area Served: | Paris, France |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 392 feet (119 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CDG |
| More Information: | CDG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAD / KVAD |
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| Location: | Valdosta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°58'4"N by 83°11'34"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from VAD |
| More Information: | VAD Maps & Info |
Facts about Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG):
- Air France has moved all of its operations previously located at 2C to 2E.
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport handled 62,052,917 passengers last year.
- The first terminal, designed by Paul Andreu, was built in the image of an octopus.
- Terminal 2G, dedicated to regional Air France flights and its affiliates, opened in 2008.
- The furthest airport from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (meaning Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,074 miles (19,432 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport", other names for CDG include "Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle" and "Roissy Airport".
- The closest airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LBG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) WSW of CDG.
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has 4 runways.
- Because of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's relatively low elevation of 392 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris Charles de Gaulle 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.
- RER B serves both CDG airport as well as northern suburbs of Paris.
- Terminal 3 consists of separate buildings for both arrivals and departures.
Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):
- To inject more realism into the training, ATC made arrangements with Strategic Air Command to allow instructor pilots to fly intercept missions against SAC bombers with F-86D Sabre, With the addition of interceptor crew training and the acquisition of interceptor aircraft, HQ USAF decided effective 20 October 1953 to assign ATC responsibility for supporting Air Defense Command's interceptor forces.
- The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
- Under the Southeast Training Center, Moody AAF controlled several auxiliary airfields
- The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
- In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
- Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody, an early Air Force pioneer.
- As a result of the August 1992 destruction of Homestead AFB, Florida by Hurricane Andrew, the 31st Fighter Wing's 307th and 308th Fighter Squadrons were initially evacuated to Moody AFB prior to the hurricane making landfall.
- In September 1944, Moody began replacing the AT-10 with the TB-25 Mitchell.
