Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Muş, Turkey:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Muş Airport (MSR), Muş, Turkey would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,183 miles (or 11,559 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 Muş 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Muş Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• The initial use for Muroc was IV Bomber Command Operational Unit training.
• 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.
• A water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad since 1876, the site was largely unsettled until the early 20th century.
• The success of these programs attracted a new type of research activity to the base in late 1946.
• As a military airbase, civilian access is severely restricted, but is possible with prior coordination and good reason.
• Aircraft testing continued at this desert "Army Air Base", then on 8 November 1943, the base title was changed to "Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Muş Airport (MSR):

• Muş Airport (MSR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Muş Airport (MSR) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,336 miles (18,243 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• The closest airport to Muş Airport (MSR) is Siirt Airport (SXZ), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) S of MSR.
• Because of Muş Airport's high elevation of 4,157 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MSR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MSR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.