Nonstop flight route between Huntsville, Texas, United States and Valdosta, Georgia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV), Huntsville, Texas, United States and Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 735 miles (or 1,183 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 Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport and Moody Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HTV / KUTS |
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Location: | Huntsville, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°44'48"N by 95°35'13"W |
Area Served: | Huntsville, Texas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Huntsville |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 363 feet (111 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HTV |
More Information: | HTV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAD / KVAD |
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Location: | Valdosta, Georgia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°58'4"N by 83°11'34"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VAD |
More Information: | VAD Maps & Info |
Facts about Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV):
- The closest airport to Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of HTV.
- In 2009 the Huntsville City Council had approved a name change of the airport from Huntsville Municipal Airport to Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport", other names for HTV include "Huntsville Municipal Airport" and "UTS".
- The furthest airport from Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,929 miles (17,589 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport (HTV) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 363 feet, planes can take off or land at Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional 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.
Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):
- In 1961, Foreign Pilot Training was transferred to Moody from the closing of the Graham Air Base contract pilot school in Marianna, Florida.
- On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 29th Flying Training Wing at Moody and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
- In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
- The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
- The 347th flew the McDonnel-Douglas F-4E until 1988, when it upgraded to the Block 15 General Dynamics F-16A/B.
- Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
- The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
- In 1965, the Cessna T-41A, a four-seat, single-engine, propeller-driven training aircraft based on the Cessna 172 arrived at Moody and was used in the initial phases of student training.
- In September 1944, Moody began replacing the AT-10 with the TB-25 Mitchell.
- Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody, an early Air Force pioneer.