Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Inisheer, Ireland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ), Inisheer, Ireland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,004 miles (or 8,053 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Inisheer Aerodrome, 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Inisheer Aerodrome. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | INQ / EIIR |
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Location: | Inisheer, Ireland |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°3'51"N by 9°30'39"W |
Area Served: | Inisheer, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland |
Operator/Owner: | Comhar Caomhan Teoranta |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 42 feet (13 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from INQ |
More Information: | INQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- 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.
- Jurisdiction of Edwards AFB was transferred from Air Materiel Command on 2 April 1951 to the newly created Air Research and Development Command.
- Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.
- The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
- As with virtually all of the test programs conducted during the war years, most of the actual flight test work on the P-59 was conducted by the contractor.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ):
- Because of Inisheer Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 42 feet, planes can take off or land at Inisheer Aerodrome 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.
- The closest airport to Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ) is Inishmaan Aerodrome (IIA), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of INQ.
- The furthest airport from Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,998 miles (19,309 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Inisheer Aerodrome", another name for INQ is "Inisheer Airport".
- Inisheer Aerodrome (INQ) currently has only 1 runway.