Nonstop flight route between Kerrville, Texas, United States and Tau, American Samoa:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV), Kerrville, Texas, United States and Tau Airport (TAV), Tau, American Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,588 miles (or 8,993 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport and Tau 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 Kerrville Municipal Airport and Tau Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ERV / KERV |
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Location: | Kerrville, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°58'36"N by 99°5'8"W |
Area Served: | Kerrville, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Kerrville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1617 feet (493 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ERV |
More Information: | ERV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TAV / |
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Location: | Tau, American Samoa |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°13'45"S by 169°30'39"W |
Operator/Owner: | Private Individuals |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 185 feet (56 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TAV |
More Information: | TAV Maps & Info |
Facts about Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV):
- In addition to being known as "Kerrville Municipal Airport", another name for ERV is "Louis Schreiner Field".
- The closest airport to Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo (HDO), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of ERV.
- The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base.
- Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) has 2 runways.
- Kerrville Municipal Airport covers 528 acres at an elevation of 1,617 feet.
- In the year ending August 5, 2011 the airport had 59,800 general aviation operations, average 163 per day.
- The furthest airport from Kerrville Municipal Airport (ERV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Tau Airport (TAV):
- Tau Airport previously covered an area of 4 acres which contains one runway measuring 2,170 x 100 ft.
- Tau Airport (TAV) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Tau Airport (TAV) is Zinder Airport (ZND), which is nearly antipodal to Tau Airport (meaning Tau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zinder Airport), and is located 12,331 miles (19,845 kilometers) away in Zinder, Niger.
- In addition to being known as "Tau Airport", other names for TAV include "none" and "HI36".
- Because of Tau Airport's relatively low elevation of 185 feet, planes can take off or land at Tau 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 closest airport to Tau Airport (TAV) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) E of TAV.
- Tau Airport is no longer active or in use since the development of Fitiuta Airport, located northeast of Tau Island.