Nonstop flight route between Chos Malal, Neuquén, Argentina and Tonopah, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chos Malal Airport (HOS), Chos Malal, Neuquén, Argentina and Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,985 miles (or 9,633 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 Chos Malal Airport and Tonopah Test Range 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 Chos Malal Airport and Tonopah Test Range Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chos Malal Airport (HOS):

• The furthest airport from Chos Malal Airport (HOS) is Yan'an Airport (ENY), which is nearly antipodal to Chos Malal Airport (meaning Chos Malal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yan'an Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,923 kilometers) away in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
• Chos Malal Airport (HOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Chos Malal Airport", other names for HOS include "Chos Malal Airport (Chos Malal)", "Aeropuerto de Chos Malal" and "CHM".
• The closest airport to Chos Malal Airport (HOS) is Caviahue Airport (CVH), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) WSW of HOS.

Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):

• Several locations were considered, Michael Army Airfield at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, and the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field on the Goldwater Range in Arizona.
• The assets of the squadron could not go to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, and the fate of them remains in some cases, still classified.
• The furthest airport from Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,207 miles (18,036 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• On 12 August 1968, the IDF obtained two Syrian Air Force MiG-17F fighters that had gotten lost during a training flight and landed inadvertently at Besert Landing Field, Israel.
• Tonopah Test Range Airport, at the Tonopah Test Range is 27 NM southeast of Tonopah, Nevada and 140 mi northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
• In 2003, after the seizure of the Iraqi Air Force Al-Taqaddum Air Base, an advanced Russian MiG-25 Foxbat was found buried in the sand after an informant tipped off U.S.
• In 1980 the 4477th TEF was re-designated as the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the operation was renamed again to Constant Peg.
• Near the end of the Cold War the program was abandoned and the squadron was disbanded.