Nonstop flight route between Needles, California, United States and Tétouan, Morocco:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield (EED), Needles, California, United States and Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), Tétouan, Morocco would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,778 miles (or 9,298 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 Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield and Sania Ramel 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 Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield and Sania Ramel Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield (EED):

• Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield (EED) has 2 runways.
• Needles Airport is a county-owned public airport in San Bernardino County, California, five miles south of Needles.
• The closest airport to Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield (EED) is Lake Havasu City Airport (HII), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) SE of EED.
• It opened in May 1941.
• The furthest airport from Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield (EED) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,392 miles (18,334 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 983 feet, planes can take off or land at Needles AirportNeedles Army Airfield 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.

Facts about Sania Ramel Airport (TTU):

• In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for TTU include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel" and "GMTN".
• Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel Airport 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 paved runway is laid out in the direction 06/24 and measures 2,300 by 45 metres.
• The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) is Sania Ramel Airport (SII), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of TTU.
• The furthest airport from Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• Before the start of the Spanish Civil War, a paved runway was built which enabled Sania Ramel to serve as civil airport for Tetouan.
• Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.