Nonstop flight route between Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia and Del Rio, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chillagoe Airport (LLG), Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,257 miles (or 13,288 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 Chillagoe Airport and Laughlin 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 Chillagoe Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chillagoe Airport (LLG):

• The furthest airport from Chillagoe Airport (LLG) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,752 miles (18,912 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• The closest airport to Chillagoe Airport (LLG) is Mareeba Airfield (MRG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) E of LLG.
• Chillagoe Airport (LLG) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):

• As of the census of 2014, there were 2,225 people, 651 households, and 570 families residing on the base.
• Laughlin AFB is served by the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.
• Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
• The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
• There were 651 households out of which 56.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.3% were non-families.
• Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
• The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
• The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.