Nonstop flight route between Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina and Spokane, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD), Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina and Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA), Spokane, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,131 miles (or 11,476 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 General Enrique Mosconi International Airport and Fairchild 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 General Enrique Mosconi International Airport and Fairchild 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 General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD):

• In January 2008, 21,439 passengers flew through Mosconi Airport, and in 2007 289,750 passengers.
• In addition to being known as "General Enrique Mosconi International Airport", another name for CRD is "Aeropuerto de Comodoro Rivadavia "Gral. Enrique Mosconi"".
• The airport is the main hub from LADE.
• It was built in 1929, and was officially inaugurated with an Aeroposta Argentina flight between Bahía Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia vía San Antonio Oeste and Trelew on 1 November 1929.
• Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 has been operating the airport since the early 2000s.
• The furthest airport from General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) is Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL), which is nearly antipodal to General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (meaning General Enrique Mosconi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport), and is located 12,272 miles (19,751 kilometers) away in Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
• General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of General Enrique Mosconi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 190 feet, planes can take off or land at General Enrique Mosconi International 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.
• The closest airport to General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (CRD) is Puerto Deseado Airport (PUD), which is located 154 miles (247 kilometers) SSE of CRD.

Facts about Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA):

• Following the destruction of the World Trade Center, the wing began providing around-the-clock air refueling of Combat Air Patrol fighter aircraft and initiated 24-hour ground alert operations in support of Operation Noble Eagle.
• Over 5,100 active duty Air Force, Air National Guard, and tenant organization military and civilian employees work on Fairchild, making the base the largest employer in Eastern Washington.
• To provide air defense of the base, U.S.
• The furthest airport from Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,665 miles (17,163 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, a total of 560 base personnel deployed to Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August 1990 to March 1991.
• The closest airport to Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) is Spokane International Airport (GEG), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) E of SKA.
• In addition to being known as "Fairchild Air Force Base", another name for SKA is "Fairchild AFB".
• On 15 March 1966, the 336th Combat Crew Training Group was established at Fairchild.
• As an added incentive to the War Department, many Spokane businesses and public-minded citizens donated money to purchase land for the base.