Nonstop flight route between Khajuraho, India and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Khajuraho Airport (HJR), Khajuraho, India and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,816 miles (or 12,579 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 Khajuraho Airport and Wallops Flight Facility 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 Khajuraho Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HJR / VAKJ |
Airport Names: |
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Location: | Khajuraho, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°49'1"N by 79°55'6"E |
Area Served: | Khajuraho |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 728 feet (222 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HJR |
More Information: | HJR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Facts about Khajuraho Airport (HJR):
- Because of Khajuraho Airport's relatively low elevation of 728 feet, planes can take off or land at Khajuraho 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.
- Khajuraho Airport (HJR) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Khajuraho Airport", another name for HJR is "खजुराहो हवाई अड्डे".
- The closest airport to Khajuraho Airport (HJR) is Satna Airport (TNI), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) ESE of HJR.
- The furthest airport from Khajuraho Airport (HJR) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,835 miles (19,046 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- There have been over 16,000 launches from the rocket testing range at Wallops since its founding in 1945 in the quest for information on the flight characteristics of airplanes, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, and to increase the knowledge of the Earth's upper atmosphere and the environment of outer space.
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
- AFSS is a project to develop an autonomous on-board system that could augment or replace traditional ground-commanded Range Safety flight termination systems.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
- For many years WFF was home to the NSIP Sub-SEM and SEM projects.