Nonstop flight route between Faya-Largeau, Chad and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT), Faya-Largeau, Chad and NAS North Island (NZY), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,904 miles (or 12,720 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 Faya-Largeau Airport and NAS North Island, 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 Faya-Largeau Airport and NAS North Island. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT):

• Because of Faya-Largeau Airport's relatively low elevation of 771 feet, planes can take off or land at Faya-Largeau 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 Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT) is Abéché Airport (AEH), which is located 304 miles (489 kilometers) SSE of FYT.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 771 feet above mean sea level.
• The furthest airport from Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT) is Rarotonga International Airport (RAR), which is nearly antipodal to Faya-Largeau Airport (meaning Faya-Largeau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rarotonga International Airport), and is located 12,199 miles (19,632 kilometers) away in Avarua, Cook Islands.
• Faya-Largeau Airport (FYT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about NAS North Island (NZY):

• In addition to being known as "NAS North Island", another name for NZY is "Halsey Field".
• Because of NAS North Island's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS North Island 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.
• North Island was commissioned a Naval Air Station in 1917, called Naval Air Station San Diego until 1955.
• NAS North Island (NZY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from NAS North Island (NZY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,542 miles (18,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to NAS North Island (NZY) is San Diego International Airport (SAN), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NNE of NZY.
• In 1914, then-unknown aircraft builder Glenn Martin took off and demonstrated his pusher aircraft over the island with a flight that included the first parachute jump in the San Diego area.