Nonstop flight route between In Salah, Algeria and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between In Salah Airport (INZ), In Salah, Algeria and MCAS Miramar, (NKX), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,698 miles (or 10,780 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 In Salah Airport and MCAS Miramar,, 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 In Salah Airport and MCAS Miramar,. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about In Salah Airport (INZ):

• In Salah Airport (INZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "In Salah Airport", another name for INZ is "In Salah North Airport (In Salah)".
• Because of In Salah Airport's relatively low elevation of 896 feet, planes can take off or land at In Salah 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 furthest airport from In Salah Airport (INZ) is Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU), which is located 11,996 miles (19,306 kilometers) away in Nukuʻalofa, Tongatapu, Tonga.
• The closest airport to In Salah Airport (INZ) is Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport (AZR), which is located 170 miles (274 kilometers) WNW of INZ.

Facts about MCAS Miramar, (NKX):

• In addition to being known as "MCAS Miramar,", another name for NKX is "Mitscher Field".
• The furthest airport from MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,530 miles (18,556 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The big Privateers proved too heavy for the asphalt concrete runway the Army had installed in 1936 and the longer runways built in 1940, so the Navy added two concrete runways in 1943.
• Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St.
• MCAS Miramar, (NKX) has 3 runways.
• Because of MCAS Miramar,'s relatively low elevation of 478 feet, planes can take off or land at MCAS Miramar, 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 MCAS Miramar, (NKX) is Montgomery Field (MYF), which is located only 4 miles (6 kilometers) S of NKX.
• In 2005, the BRAC Commission directed instructor pilots and support personnel from Miramar to Eglin AFB in Florida, sufficient to stand up the Marine Corps' portion of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program Training Site.