Nonstop flight route between Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,206 miles (or 6,769 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 Karlovy Vary Airport and Wallops Flight Facility 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 Karlovy Vary Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV):

• Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) has 2 runways.
• Plans were announced in 2011 to build a new departure hall at the airport, at an estimated expense of 30 million crowns.
• The closest airport to Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) is Mariánské Lázně Airport (MKA), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSW of KLV.
• The furthest airport from Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,813 miles (19,011 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Karlovy Vary Airport", another name for KLV is "Letiště Karlovy Vary".
• Karlovy Vary Airport is the airport of Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia.

Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):

• Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
• In 1998, the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, later joined by Maryland, built the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops on land leased from NASA.
• The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.
• The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
• The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• AFSS is a project to develop an autonomous on-board system that could augment or replace traditional ground-commanded Range Safety flight termination systems.