Nonstop flight route between Shafter, California, United States and Huaraz, Peru:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shafter Airport (MIT), Shafter, California, United States and Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA), Huaraz, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,116 miles (or 6,624 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 Shafter Airport and Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani 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 Shafter Airport and Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shafter Airport (MIT):

• Lerdo Field, as the airport was initially known during World War II was first opened in June 1941 when the United States Army Air Corps dispatched a small garrison of airmen to open an airfield at Shafter.
• In addition to being known as "Shafter Airport", another name for MIT is "Minter Field".
• The furthest airport from Shafter Airport (MIT) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,404 miles (18,353 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The Gossamer Condor piloted by Bryan Allen won the first Kremer prize on August 23, 1977 by completing a figure '8' course specified by the Royal Aeronautical Society at Minter Field.
• Shafter Airport, also known as Minter Field, is a public use airport located four nautical miles east of the central business district of Shafter, a city in Kern County, California, United States.
• Shafter Airport (MIT) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Shafter Airport (MIT) is Meadows Field (BFL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of MIT.
• Shafter-Minter Field covers an area of 1,206 acres at an elevation of 424 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Shafter Airport's relatively low elevation of 424 feet, planes can take off or land at Shafter 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.

Facts about Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA):

• The furthest airport from Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA) is Sihanoukvill International Airportអាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Aéroport International de Sihanoukville (KOS), which is nearly antipodal to Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (meaning Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sihanoukvill International Airportអាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Aéroport International de Sihanoukville), and is located 12,317 miles (19,822 kilometers) away in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
• Because of Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport's high elevation of 9,097 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ATA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ATA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA) is Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport (CHM), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) WNW of ATA.
• Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA) currently has only 1 runway.