Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Namorik Airport (NDK), Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,094 miles (or 9,807 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 Namorik 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 Namorik Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLF / KDLF |
Airport Name: | Laughlin Air Force Base |
Location: | Del Rio, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°21'33"N by 100°46'41"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DLF |
More Information: | DLF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NDK / |
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Location: | Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°37'59"N by 168°7'32"E |
Area Served: | Namorik, Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from NDK |
More Information: | NDK Maps & Info |
Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):
- The residential area of the base is a census-designated place, with a population of 1,569 at the 2010 census.
- 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.
- 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.
- Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
- Laughlin AFB, the largest pilot training base in the USAF, is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
- 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.
- Today, aircraft flown at Laughlin include the T-6A Texan II, the T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
- The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
Facts about Namorik Airport (NDK):
- The furthest airport from Namorik Airport (NDK) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Namorik Airport (meaning Namorik Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,200 miles (19,634 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- Namorik Airport (NDK) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Namorik Airport", another name for NDK is "3N0".
- The closest airport to Namorik Airport (NDK) is Kili Airport (KIO), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) E of NDK.
- Because of Namorik Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Namorik 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.