Nonstop flight route between Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain and Ogden, Utah, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Castellón Airport (CDT), Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain and Hill Air Force Base (HIF), Ogden, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,395 miles (or 8,682 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 Castellón Airport and Hill 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 Castellón Airport and Hill 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 Castellón Airport (CDT):

• The furthest airport from Castellón Airport (CDT) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is nearly antipodal to Castellón Airport (meaning Castellón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gisborne Airport), and is located 12,294 miles (19,785 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
• Because of Castellón Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Castellón 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.
• Castellón Airport (CDT) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Castellón Airport", another name for CDT is "LECN".
• The closest airport to Castellón Airport (CDT) is Valencia Airport (VLC), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SW of CDT.

Facts about Hill Air Force Base (HIF):

• During the Korean War, Hill AFB was assigned a major share of the Air Materiel Command's logistical effort to support the combat in Korea.
• Then during the 1960s, Hill AFB began to perform the maintenance support for various kinds of jet warplanes, mainly the F-4 Phantom II during the Vietnam War, and then afterwards, the more modern F-16 Fighting Falcons, A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, and C-130 Hercules, and also air combat missile systems and air-to-ground rockets.
• In addition to being known as "Hill Air Force Base", another name for HIF is "Hill AFB".
• In July 1939, Congress appropriated $8.0 million for the establishment and construction of the Ogden Air Depot.
• The closest airport to Hill Air Force Base (HIF) is Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) NNW of HIF.
• The furthest airport from Hill Air Force Base (HIF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,935 miles (17,598 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• One of the survivors of the attack, Cortney Naisbitt, later trained in computers and worked at Hill Air Force Base.
• The host unit at Hill AFB is the Air Force Material Command's 75th Air Base Wing, which provides services and support for the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and its subordinate organizations.