Nonstop flight route between Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras and Mountain View, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guanaja Airport (GJA), Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,631 miles (or 4,234 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 Guanaja Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 Guanaja Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Guanaja Airport (GJA):

• Guanaja Airport (GJA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Roatan International Airport – Bay Islands (RTB), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) WSW of GJA.
• The furthest airport from Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Guanaja Airport (meaning Guanaja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,090 miles (19,457 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Guanaja Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Guanaja 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.
• In addition to being known as "Guanaja Airport", another name for GJA is "Aeropuerto de Guanaja".

Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 2006, an offer to clean the hangar and coat its outsides with solar panels to recoup the costs of cleaning was floated by a private company, but the plan never saw fruition because it was too costly.
• In 1960, the nearby Air Force Satellite Test Center, was created adjacent to NAS Moffett Field.
• Post-Cold War defense cutbacks and related Base Realignment and Closure actions in the 1990s identified NAS Moffett Field for closure.
• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal 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.
• After the crashing of the Macon on 12 February 1935, the Navy wanted to close Moffett Field due to its high cost of operations.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.