Nonstop flight route between Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina and Palmdale, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC), Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), Palmdale, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,544 miles (or 8,922 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 Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport and Palmdale Regional 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 Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport and Palmdale Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC):

• Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) is Yichun Mingyueshan Airport (YIC), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (meaning Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yichun Mingyueshan Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
• It was built in 1972, and was officially inaugurated with an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 737 flight on 3 January 1973.
• In addition to being known as "Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport", another name for CTC is "Aeropuerto Coronel Felipe Varela".
• The closest airport to Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC) is Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport (IRJ), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) SW of CTC.

Facts about Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD):

• The Blackbird Airpark Museum is an extension of the AFFTC Museum at Edwards AFB, while the Heritage Airpark is operated by the City of Palmdale.
• The furthest airport from Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• From 1970 to 1983 the Los Angeles Department of Airports, now called Los Angeles World Airports, acquired about 17,750 acres of land east and south of United States Air Force Plant 42 in unincorporated Los Angeles County to be developed into the future "Palmdale Intercontinental Airport," an alternative to LAX.
• The closest airport to Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of PMD.
• After several airlines were unable to sustain operations at Palmdale, the terminal was remodeled and reopened in May 2007.
• Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) has 3 runways.
• In late 2008 Palmdale expressed interest in assuming operations at Palmdale Airport, including management of the terminal, taxiways, and parking, from LAWA.