Nonstop flight route between Gökçeada, Turkey and San Angelo, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gökçeada Airport (GKD), Gökçeada, Turkey and Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF), San Angelo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,413 miles (or 10,320 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 Gökçeada Airport and Goodfellow Air Force Base, 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 Gökçeada Airport and Goodfellow Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GKD / LTFK |
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Location: | Gökçeada, Turkey |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°12'3"N by 25°52'55"E |
Area Served: | Gökçeada |
Operator/Owner: | DHMI |
Airport Type: | Public/Civil |
Elevation: | 73 feet (22 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GKD |
More Information: | GKD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOF / |
Airport Name: | Goodfellow Air Force Base |
Location: | San Angelo, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°25'46"N by 100°23'56"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GOF |
More Information: | GOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Gökçeada Airport (GKD):
- Because of Gökçeada Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Gökçeada 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 "Gökçeada Airport", another name for GKD is "Gökçeada Havalimanı".
- The furthest airport from Gökçeada Airport (GKD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,267 miles (18,132 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Gökçeada Airport (GKD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gökçeada Airport (GKD) is Çanakkale Airport (CKZ), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) E of GKD.
Facts about Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF):
- The furthest airport from Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,146 miles (17,937 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- After 38 years of pilot and then intelligence training, Goodfellow's mission had apparently come to a close with the announcement in 1978 that the base would revert to Air Training Command and was a candidate for closure.
- The peace that arrived two months later endured a mere two decades more.
- The following are some of the facilities at Goodfellow AFB
- The closest airport to Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SW of GOF.
- Goodfellow's history traces to the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but its name registered the valor and sacrifice of an earlier conflict.