Nonstop flight route between San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina and Edwards, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,359 miles (or 8,624 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport and Edwards Air Force Base, 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 Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JUJ / SASJ |
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| Location: | San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina |
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°23'10"S by 65°5'38"W |
| Area Served: | San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy |
| Operator/Owner: | Government. |
| Airport Type: | Public and Military |
| Elevation: | 3019 feet (920 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JUJ |
| More Information: | JUJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
| Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
| Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
| View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
| More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Facts about Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ):
- The furthest airport from Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Meixian Airport (MXZ), which is nearly antipodal to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (meaning Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Meixian Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
- The closest airport to Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) is Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (SLA), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) SW of JUJ.
- In addition to being known as "Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport", another name for JUJ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Jujuy - Gobernador Horacio Guzmán".
- Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- In December 1949, Muroc was renamed Edwards Air Force Base in honor of Captain Glen Edwards, who was killed a year earlier in the crash of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing.
- Edwards is also home to several other units from DOD, Air Force, Army, Navy, FAA, USPS and many companies that support the primary mission or the personnel stationed there.
- The base has played a significant role in the development of virtually every aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory since World War II.
- Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.
- The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- The P-59s were tested at Muroc from October 1942 through February 1944 without a single accident and, though the aircraft did not prove to be combat worthy, the successful conduct of its test program, combined with the success of the Lockheed XP-80 program which followed it in early 1944, sealed the future destiny of the remote high desert installation.
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
