Nonstop flight route between La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between La Cumbre Airport (LCM), La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,816 miles (or 7,750 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 La Cumbre 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 La Cumbre Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LCM / SACC |
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Location: | La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°0'21"S by 64°31'54"W |
Area Served: | La Cumbre |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3734 feet (1,138 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LCM |
More Information: | LCM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Facts about La Cumbre Airport (LCM):
- La Cumbre Airport (LCM) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "La Cumbre Airport", other names for LCM include "La Cumbre Airport (La Cumbre)" and "Aeropuerto La Cumbre".
- The closest airport to La Cumbre Airport (LCM) is Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), which is located 28 miles (46 kilometers) SE of LCM.
- The furthest airport from La Cumbre Airport (LCM) is Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH), which is nearly antipodal to La Cumbre Airport (meaning La Cumbre Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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.
- On September 6, 2013, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was launched from Wallops, atop a Minotaur V rocket.
- The Wallops mobile range instrumentation includes telemetry, radar, command and power systems.
- 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.
- In 1945, NASA's predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, established a rocket launch site on Wallops Island under the direction of the Langley Research Center.