Nonstop flight route between Delta, Utah, United States and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Delta Municipal Airport (DTA), Delta, Utah, United States and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 961 miles (or 1,547 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 Delta Municipal Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Delta Municipal Airport (DTA):

• The closest airport to Delta Municipal Airport (DTA) is Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) SSE of DTA.
• Delta Municipal Airport (DTA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Delta Municipal Airport (DTA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,059 miles (17,797 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The airport opened in June 1943.
• Delta Municipal Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Delta, in Millard County, Utah, United States.
• Because of Delta Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,759 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DTA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DTA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• Park University offers onsite and online classes on base.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Laughlin Air Force Base reopened on May 1, 1952.
• 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.
• 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.
• In 1961, Headquarters US Air Force notified Laughlin officials their mission would expand to again include an Air Training Command undergraduate pilot training program.