Nonstop flight route between Covilhã, Portugal and Mercury, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Covilhã Airport (COV), Covilhã, Portugal and Yucca Airstrip (UCC), Mercury, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,444 miles (or 8,761 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 Covilhã Airport and Yucca Airstrip, 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 Covilhã Airport and Yucca Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | COV / LPCV | 
| Airport Name: | Covilhã Airport | 
| Location: | Covilhã, Portugal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°15'52"N by 7°28'48"W | 
| Elevation: | 1572 feet (479 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from COV | 
| More Information: | COV Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UCC / KUCC | 
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| Location: | Mercury, Nevada, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°56'44"N by 116°2'16"W | 
| Operator/Owner: | Department of Energy | 
| Elevation: | 3919 feet (1,195 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from UCC | 
| More Information: | UCC Maps & Info | 
Facts about Covilhã Airport (COV):
- Covilhã Airport (COV) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Covilhã Airport (COV) is Coimbra Airport (CBP), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) W of COV.
 - The furthest airport from Covilhã Airport (COV) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Covilhã Airport (meaning Covilhã Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.
 
Facts about Yucca Airstrip (UCC):
- In addition to being known as "Yucca Airstrip", another name for UCC is "NV11".
 - The airport was the staging area for SHOT BADGER, a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series of nuclear test shots on April 18, 1953.
 - The furthest airport from Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,249 miles (18,103 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
 - Yucca Airstrip is a private-use airport located 17 miles north of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
 - The closest airport to Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Desert Rock Airport (DRA), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) S of UCC.
 - Yucca Airstrip (UCC) has 2 runways.
 
