Nonstop flight route between Glendale, Arizona, United States and Taba, Egypt:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States and Taba International Airport (TCP), Taba, Egypt would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,576 miles (or 12,192 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Taba International 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Taba International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):

• It is a designated Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants.
• The base was under the control of the 37th Flying Training Wing, Western Flying Training Command, AAF Flying Training Command.
• The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
• F-84F's replaced the straight-winged earlier models in the original four squadrons by the end of 1956, giving the wing seven squadrons of twenty-one aircraft each, or about 150 aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
• The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Taba International Airport (TCP):

• In addition to being known as "Taba International Airport", another name for TCP is "مطار طابا الدولي".
• Taba International Airport (TCP) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Taba International Airport (TCP) is Eilat Airport (ETH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of TCP.
• Since 2013 there has been a large decline in the number of airline flights to the airport to the degree of which sources indicate that there is no airline activity.
• The original runway now known as 04R, which offers the benefit of ILS has been closed for many years under 'work in progress' meaning the airports second runway 04L is now the active.
• The furthest airport from Taba International Airport (TCP) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,813 miles (19,010 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Taba International Airport handled 210,029 passengers last year.
• In 2011, the airport served 306,880 passengers.