Nonstop flight route between Huntington, West Virginia, United States and Imperial Beach, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tri-State Airport (HTS), Huntington, West Virginia, United States and Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS), Imperial Beach, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,973 miles (or 3,176 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 relatively short distance between Tri-State Airport and Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tri-State Airport (HTS):

• Tri-State Airport (HTS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tri-State Airport", another name for HTS is "Milton J. Ferguson Field".
• Because of Tri-State Airport's relatively low elevation of 828 feet, planes can take off or land at Tri-State 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 Tri-State Airport (HTS) is Lawrence County Airpark (HTW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NE of HTS.
• The furthest airport from Tri-State Airport (HTS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,407 miles (18,358 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS):

• Presently OLF Imperial Beach encompasses 1,204 acres with 270 of those acres leased out for agricultural purposes and 284 acres leased to the State of California for a wildlife refuge at the southeast corner by the base itself.
• The closest airport to Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of NRS.
• In 1967, the oldest of the helicopter squadrons, HC-1, commissioned in 1948 at NAS Lakehurst, was divided into five different squadrons, HC-3, HC-5, HC-7, HAL-3 and HC-1 and brought on board at Imperial Beach.
• The furthest airport from Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,552 miles (18,590 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach", another name for NRS is "Ream Field".
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) has 2 runways.
• The mission of NOLF Imperial Beach at the present time as described, is to handle the overflow of helicopter squadrons traffic both VFR and IFR, from North Island.