Nonstop flight route between Corcoran, California, United States and Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Corcoran Airport (CRO), Corcoran, California, United States and Tureira Airport (ZTA), Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,121 miles (or 6,631 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 Corcoran Airport and Tureira Airport, 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 Corcoran Airport and Tureira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRO / KCRO |
| Airport Name: | Corcoran Airport |
| Location: | Corcoran, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°6'10"N by 119°35'40"W |
| Area Served: | Corcoran, California |
| Operator/Owner: | Lakeland Dusters, Inc. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 197 feet (60 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CRO |
| More Information: | CRO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZTA / NTGY |
| Airport Name: | Tureira Airport |
| Location: | Tureia, Tuamotus, French Polynesia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°46'16"S by 138°33'53"W |
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZTA |
| More Information: | ZTA Maps & Info |
Facts about Corcoran Airport (CRO):
- Corcoran Airport (CRO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Corcoran Airport covers an area of 220 acres at an elevation of 197 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Corcoran Airport (CRO) is Mefford Field (TLR), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of CRO.
- Because of Corcoran Airport's relatively low elevation of 197 feet, planes can take off or land at Corcoran 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 furthest airport from Corcoran Airport (CRO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,372 miles (18,302 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
Facts about Tureira Airport (ZTA):
- Because of Tureira Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Tureira 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 Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Nukutavake Airport (NUK), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) N of ZTA.
- From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique, the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 70 miles/115 kilometres south of Tureia.
- The furthest airport from Tureira Airport (ZTA) is Al-Baha Domestic Airport (ABT), which is nearly antipodal to Tureira Airport (meaning Tureira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Al-Baha Domestic Airport), and is located 12,402 miles (19,958 kilometers) away in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia.
- The first recorded European to arrive to Tureia was Captain Edward Edwards in 1791, during his search for the Bounty mutineers.
