Nonstop flight route between Shafter, California, United States and Sardinia, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shafter Airport (MIT), Shafter, California, United States and Tortolì Airport (TTB), Sardinia, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,294 miles (or 10,130 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 Tortolì 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 Tortolì 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):

• Shafter-Minter Field covers an area of 1,206 acres at an elevation of 424 feet above mean sea level.
• The name was derived from close proximity to the highway of the same name.
• 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.
• With the end of the war in 1945, airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use in March 1948.
• Shafter Airport (MIT) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• The closest airport to Shafter Airport (MIT) is Meadows Field (BFL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ESE of MIT.
• 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.

Facts about Tortolì Airport (TTB):

• In addition to being known as "Tortolì Airport", another name for TTB is "Aeroporto di Tortolì".
• The furthest airport from Tortolì Airport (TTB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Tortolì Airport (meaning Tortolì Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,022 miles (19,348 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Tortolì Airport (TTB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tortolì Airport (TTB) is Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), which is located 57 miles (92 kilometers) SW of TTB.