Nonstop flight route between Deming, New Mexico, United States and Edwards, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN), Deming, New Mexico, United States and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 612 miles (or 986 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 relatively short distance between Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield and Edwards Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN):

• Assigned to Second Air Force 16th Bombardment Training Wing on 31 December 1944.
• The closest airport to Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN) is Columbus Municipal Airport (CUS), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) S of DMN.
• Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN) has 2 runways.
• Activated 15 November 1942.
• Because of Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield's high elevation of 4,314 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DMN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DMN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Deming Municipal AirportDeming Army Airfield (DMN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,412 miles (18,365 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
• The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
• With the X-1, flight testing at Muroc began to assume two distinct identities.
• The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
• There are a vast array of organizations at Edwards that do not fall under the 412th Test Wing.
• The Main Base is also the home of the Benefield Anechoic Facility, an electromagnetic and radio frequency testing building.
• With the arrival of the Bell Aircraft P-59 Airacomet jet fighter, the Mojave Desert station was chosen as a secluded site for testing this super-secret airplane.
• The base is next to Rogers Dry Lake, an endorheic desert salt pan whose hard dry lake surface provides a natural extension to Edwards' runways.
• The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.