Nonstop flight route between Mesa, Arizona, United States and Salto, Salto, Uruguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Falcon Field (MSC), Mesa, Arizona, United States and Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY), Salto, Salto, Uruguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,689 miles (or 9,155 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 Falcon Field and Nueva Hespérides 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 Falcon Field and Nueva Hespérides 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 Falcon Field (MSC):

• The closest airport to Falcon Field (MSC) is Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSE of MSC.
• The furthest airport from Falcon Field (MSC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,443 miles (18,416 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Falcon Field is in Maricopa County, Arizona six miles northeast of Mesa, which owns it.
• From 1945-65 the field was leased out to industrial interests, including Talley Defense Systems, Astro Rocket Inc., Rocket Power Inc., the Gabriel Company and others.
• In addition to being known as "Falcon Field", other names for MSC include "Falcon Field Army Airfield" and "FFZ".
• Falcon Field (MSC) has 2 runways.
• Eventually it became a civil airfield, and is now owned and operated by the city of Mesa.
• Falcon Field covers 784 acres at an elevation of 1,394 feet.

Facts about Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY):

• The closest airport to Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY) is Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport (COC), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of STY.
• The furthest airport from Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY) is Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), which is nearly antipodal to Nueva Hespérides International Airport (meaning Nueva Hespérides International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Shanghai Pudong International Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
• Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY) has 2 runways.
• Because of Nueva Hespérides International Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Nueva Hespérides International 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.
• In addition to being known as "Nueva Hespérides International Airport", another name for STY is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Nueva Hespérides".