Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Tucson, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Marana Regional Airport (AVW), Tucson, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 420 miles (or 676 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Marana Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• In the spring of 1942, however, the immense volume of flight test already being conducted at Wright Field, in Ohio, was one of the factors driving a search for a new site where a "Top Secret" airplane could undergo tests.
• 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.
• 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.
• Conscious that March Field was located in an area of increasing growth, and with the need for bombing and gunnery ranges for his units, base and 1st Wing commander Lieutenant Colonel Henry H.
• With the end of the war, Fourth Air Force relinquished command of Muroc Army Airfield on 16 October 1945 and jurisdiction was transferred to Air Technical Service Command, becoming Air Materiel Command in 1946.

Facts about Marana Regional Airport (AVW):

• The furthest airport from Marana Regional Airport (AVW) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,501 miles (18,508 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Marana Regional Airport (AVW) is Pinal Airpark (MZJ), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of AVW.
• Marana Regional Airport (AVW) has 2 runways.
• According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.
• In addition to being known as "Marana Regional Airport", another name for AVW is "AVQ".