Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Trat, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Trat Airport (TDX), Trat, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,174 miles (or 14,764 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 Trat 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 Trat 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.
• The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
• Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
• Today, aircraft flown at Laughlin include the T-6A Texan II, the T-38C Talon and T-1A Jayhawk.
• 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.
• 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 Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.

Facts about Trat Airport (TDX):

• Because of Trat Airport's relatively low elevation of 105 feet, planes can take off or land at Trat 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.
• Trat Airport (TDX) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Trat Airport (TDX) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Trat Airport (meaning Trat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Trat Airport", another name for TDX is "ท่าอากาศยานตราด".
• The closest airport to Trat Airport (TDX) is Koh Kong Airport (KKZ), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) SE of TDX.