Nonstop flight route between Cafunfo, Angola and Mountain View, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aeroporto de Cafunfo (CFF), Cafunfo, Angola and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,257 miles (or 14,898 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 Aeroporto de Cafunfo and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 Aeroporto de Cafunfo and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aeroporto de Cafunfo (CFF):

• The furthest airport from Aeroporto de Cafunfo (CFF) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,868 miles (19,100 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• In addition to being known as "Aeroporto de Cafunfo", another name for CFF is "Aeroporto de Cafunfo (Cafunfo)".
• The closest airport to Aeroporto de Cafunfo (CFF) is Cuango-Luzamba Airport (LZM), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) S of CFF.
• Aeroporto de Cafunfo (CFF) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• In August 1986 during the NAS Moffett Field Airshow, the Italian demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, and the German Navy's F-104 flight demonstration team, the Vikings, performed in front of the crowd.
• Moffett Federal Airfield has occasional air traffic, with an average of 5-10 flights landing per day.
• In September 2008, NASA indicated that it was still urging the Navy to restore the hangar, but that it is willing to help save the structure.
• Narrow gauge tracks run through the length of the hangar.
• Post-Cold War defense cutbacks and related Base Realignment and Closure actions in the 1990s identified NAS Moffett Field for closure.
• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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.
• In 1960, the nearby Air Force Satellite Test Center, was created adjacent to NAS Moffett Field.
• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• Hangars #2 and #3 are some of the world's largest freestanding wood structures.