Nonstop flight route between Çiğli / İzmir, Turkey and Adak Island, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Çiğli Air Base (IGL), Çiğli / İzmir, Turkey and Adak Airport (ADK), Adak Island, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,031 miles (or 9,705 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 Çiğli Air Base and Adak 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 Çiğli Air Base and Adak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Çiğli Air Base (IGL):

• In addition to being known as "Çiğli Air Base", other names for IGL include "Çiğli Hava Üssü" and "Çiğli".
• The furthest airport from Çiğli Air Base (IGL) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,322 miles (18,220 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Çiğli Air Base's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Çiğli Air Base 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.
• Çiğli Air Base (IGL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Çiğli Air Base (IGL) is İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SSE of IGL.

Facts about Adak Airport (ADK):

• Adak Airport was once featured on the television reality show, Alaska State Troopers.
• The furthest airport from Adak Airport (ADK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,989 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,907 in 2009, and 2,097 in 2010.
• Because of Adak Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Adak 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 Adak Airport (ADK) is Atka Airport (AKB), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) ENE of ADK.
• Following the war, the AAF turned Adak over to the Navy who established anti-submarine warfare base there.
• Adak Airport is a state owned, public use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S.
• Adak Airport (ADK) has 2 runways.
• Adak's airport is one of the largest and most sophisticated airports in the Aleutian Islands.