Nonstop flight route between Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina and Fairfield, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS), Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina and Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (SUU), Fairfield, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,096 miles (or 9,811 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 Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport and Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield, 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 Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport and Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGS / SAMM |
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| Location: | Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°29'35"S by 69°34'27"W |
| Area Served: | Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina |
| Operator/Owner: | Government and Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 4675 feet (1,425 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGS |
| More Information: | LGS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SUU / KSUU |
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| Location: | Fairfield, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 38°15'46"N by 121°55'38"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from SUU |
| More Information: | SUU Maps & Info |
Facts about Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS):
- The closest airport to Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) is San Rafael Airport (AFA), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) NE of LGS.
- An airline flies to Comodoro D.
- The furthest airport from Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) is Yuncheng Guangong Airport (YCU), which is nearly antipodal to Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (meaning Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yuncheng Guangong Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Yuncheng, China.
- In addition to being known as "Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport", another name for LGS is "Aeropuerto de Malargüe "Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón"".
- Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport (LGS) has 2 runways.
- Because of Comodoro D. Ricardo Salomón Airport's high elevation of 4,675 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LGS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LGS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In 2007, 9,885 passengers used Malargüe International Airport.
Facts about Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (SUU):
- The furthest airport from Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (SUU) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,315 miles (18,210 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command, located three miles east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States.
- In addition to being known as "Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield", another name for SUU is "Travis AFB".
- By the end of World War II, Fairfield-Suisun AAB had become the West Coast's largest aerial port.
- The Military Air Transport Service resumed command of Travis AFB on 1 July 1958, after SAC's new dispersal policy led to the transfer of the 14th Air Division to Beale AFB, California and the 1501st Air Transport Wing became the host unit.
- Travis AFB also plays host to the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum, one of the largest collections of military aircraft on the west coast.
- The closest airport to Travis Air Force Base Fairfield-Suisun Army Airfield (SUU) is Nut Tree Airport (VCB), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of SUU.
