Nonstop flight route between Diyarbakır, Turkey and Palmdale, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diyarbakır Airport (DIY), Diyarbakır, Turkey and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), Palmdale, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,236 miles (or 11,645 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 Diyarbakır 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 Diyarbakır 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 Diyarbakır Airport (DIY):

• Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing of the 2nd Air Force Command of the Turkish Air Force.
• The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012.
• The furthest airport from Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,373 miles (18,303 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Diyarbakır Airport", another name for DIY is "Diyarbakır Havalimanı".
• The closest airport to Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is Batman Airport (BAL), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) E of DIY.
• Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) currently has only 1 runway.
• On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634, crashed when on approach to Diyarbakır Airport.

Facts about Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD):

• The airport covers 5,832 acres at an elevation of 2,543 feet above mean sea level.
• 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.
• Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) has 3 runways.
• After several airlines were unable to sustain operations at Palmdale, the terminal was remodeled and reopened in May 2007.
• 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 origins of Palmdale Regional Airport go to the early 1930s, when a small airstrip was built in the desert.
• 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.
• LAWA has used Plant 42's facilities in past years when at one point in the early 1990s several airlines used the Palmdale Regional Airport terminal sited on Plant 42.