Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Kalokol, Kenya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Kalokol Airport (KLK), Kalokol, Kenya would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,778 miles (or 14,127 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Kalokol 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 Laughlin Air Force Base and Kalokol Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• In 1961, Headquarters US Air Force notified Laughlin officials their mission would expand to again include an Air Training Command undergraduate pilot training program.
• The residential area of the base is a census-designated place, with a population of 1,569 at the 2010 census.
• Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
• Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
• On the base the population was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 23.6% from 18 to 24, 42.7% from 25 to 44, 2.5% from 45 to 64, and 0.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
• Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Kalokol Airport (KLK):

• The closest airport to Kalokol Airport (KLK) is Eliye Springs Airport (EYS), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SSE of KLK.
• In addition to being known as "Kalokol Airport", another name for KLK is "Fergusons Gulf".
• Kalokol Airport, also named Fergusons Gulf Airport, is an airport located in Kalokol, a village in the Turkana District, Rift Valley Province in northwestern Kenya, on the western shores of Lake Turkana, close to the International border with Ethiopia.
• The furthest airport from Kalokol Airport (KLK) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is located 11,877 miles (19,115 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.