Nonstop flight route between El Centro, California, United States and Prague, Czech Republic:
Departure Airport:
(32°49'45"N by 115°40'18"W)
Arrival Airport:
(50°6'2"N by 14°15'35"E)
Distance from NJK to PRG:
5,941.27 miles (9,561.53 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK), El Centro, California, United States and Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,941 miles (or 9,562 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 Naval Air Facility El Centro and Prague Vaclav Havel Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NJK / KNJK |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | El Centro, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°49'45"N by 115°40'18"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Naval Air Facility |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NJK |
| More Information: | NJK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PRG / LKPR |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'2"N by 14°15'35"E |
| Area Served: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Operator/Owner: | Letiště Praha |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PRG |
| More Information: | PRG Maps & Info |
Facts about Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK):
- NAF El Centro is the winter home of the U.S.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,532 miles (18,558 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- For the first 35 years, the mission of NAF El Centro was devoted to aeronautical escape system testing, evaluation, and design.
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Facility El Centro", another name for NJK is "KNJK - FAA: NJK".
- The closest airport to Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) is Imperial County Airport (IPL), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) E of NJK.
- Naval Air Facility El Centro (NJK) has 2 runways.
Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):
- As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
- The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".
- The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Due to insufficient capacity of the Kbely airport in the middle of the 1930s, the Government decided to develop a new State Civil Airport in Ruzyně.
- Prague–Ruzyně Airport began operations on 5 April 1937, but Czechoslovak civil aviation history started at the military airport in Prague–Kbely in 1919.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
- Czech Airlines has its head office, the APC Building, on the grounds of Prague Airport.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 5.41 miles (8.71 km) E | Imperial County Airport (IPL) | Imperial, California, United States |     |
| 2 | 14.37 miles (23.12 km) SE | Calexico International Airport (CXL) | Calexico, California, United States | |
| 3 | 14.45 miles (23.25 km) NE | Brawley Municipal Airport (BWC) | Brawley, California, United States | |
| 4 | 28.53 miles (45.91 km) ESE | General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport (MXL) | Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | |
| 5 | 32.78 miles (52.76 km) NNW | Salton Sea Airport (SAS) | Salton City, California, United States | |
| 6 | 47.92 miles (77.12 km) NW | Borrego Valley Airport (BXS) | Borrego Springs, California, United States | |
| 7 | 61.90 miles (99.62 km) NNW | Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) | Palm Springs, California, United States | |
| 8 | 63.06 miles (101.49 km) E | Yuma International Airport (YUM) | Yuma, Arizona, United States | |
| 9 | 72.43 miles (116.57 km) NNW | Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) | Palm Springs, California, United States | |
| 10 | 74.04 miles (119.16 km) E | Laguna Army Airfield (LGF) | Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, United States | |
| 11 | 75.53 miles (121.55 km) W | Gillespie Field (SEE) | San Diego / El Cajon, California, United States | |
| 12 | 77.55 miles (124.81 km) NE | Blythe Airport (BLH) | Blythe, California, United States | |
| 13 | 78.08 miles (125.66 km) WSW | Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | |
| 14 | 78.13 miles (125.74 km) WSW | Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM) | San Diego, California, United States | |
| 15 | 84.28 miles (135.63 km) NW | Palm Springs International AirportPalm Springs Army Airfield (PSP) | Palm Springs, California, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,531.66 miles (18,558.36 km) S | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 2 | 11,487.48 miles (18,487.27 km) SSE | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 3 | 11,472.32 miles (18,462.86 km) SE | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 4 | 11,450.14 miles (18,427.16 km) SE | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 11,258.63 miles (18,118.97 km) ESE | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 6 | 11,170.10 miles (17,976.49 km) SE | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |
| 7 | 11,126.70 miles (17,906.65 km) ESE | Ampanihy Airport (AMP) | Ampanihy, Madagascar | |
| 8 | 11,120.99 miles (17,897.45 km) ESE | Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | |
| 9 | 11,060.79 miles (17,800.58 km) SE | Toamasino Airport (TMM) | Toamasina, Madagascar | |
| 10 | 11,022.94 miles (17,739.66 km) SE | Sainte Marie Airport (SMS) | Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar | |
| 11 | 11,012.91 miles (17,723.52 km) SE | Ivato International Airport (TNR) | Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
| 12 | 10,979.41 miles (17,669.60 km) ESE | Manja Airport (MJA) | Manja, Menabe, Madagascar | |
| 13 | 10,954.62 miles (17,629.71 km) ESE | Miandrivazo Airport (ZVA) | Miandrivazo, Madagascar | |
| 14 | 10,952.89 miles (17,626.92 km) ESE | Andavadoaka Airport (DVD) | Andavadoaka, Toliara province, Atsimo-Andrefana region, Madagascar | |
| 15 | 10,945.52 miles (17,615.06 km) SE | Tsiroanomandidy Airport (WTS) | Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 9.97 miles (16.05 km) NE | Vodochody Airport (VOD) | Vodochody, Czech republic | |
| 2 | 59.96 miles (96.50 km) W | Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | |
| 3 | 65.87 miles (106.00 km) E | Pardubice Airport (PED) | Pardubice, Czech Republic | |
| 4 | 69.18 miles (111.33 km) W | Mariánské Lázně Airport (MKA) | Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic | |
| 5 | 74.60 miles (120.06 km) NNW | Dresden Airport (DRS) | Dresden, Germany | |
| 6 | 97.97 miles (157.67 km) NW | Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC) | Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany | |
| 7 | 107.11 miles (172.38 km) W | Hof–Plauen Airport (HOQ) | Hof, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 8 | 113.93 miles (183.35 km) SW | Straubing Wallmuehle Airport (RBM) | Straubing, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 9 | 116.52 miles (187.52 km) W | Bindlacher Berg Airport (BYU) | Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 10 | 124.15 miles (199.79 km) N | Cottbus-Drewitz Airport (CBU) | Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany | |
| 11 | 127.17 miles (204.66 km) ESE | Brno–Tuřany Airport (BRQ) | Brno, Czech Republic | |
| 12 | 127.18 miles (204.68 km) NW | Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) | Leipzig, Germany | |
| 13 | 129.07 miles (207.72 km) S | Linz Airport (LNZ) | Linz, Austria | |
| 14 | 134.35 miles (216.21 km) ENE | Copernicus Airport Wrocław (WRO) | Wroclaw, Poland | |
| 15 | 147.87 miles (237.97 km) WSW | Nuremberg Airport (NUE) | Nuremberg, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,771.33 miles (18,944.07 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,341.60 miles (18,252.50 km) ESE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,324.65 miles (18,225.21 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,321.79 miles (18,220.61 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,317.40 miles (18,213.54 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,316.19 miles (18,211.59 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,314.10 miles (18,208.24 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,313.09 miles (18,206.61 km) ESE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,310.57 miles (18,202.56 km) ESE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,304.37 miles (18,192.58 km) E | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,300.51 miles (18,186.37 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,295.23 miles (18,177.87 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,293.44 miles (18,174.98 km) E | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,289.30 miles (18,168.32 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,270.84 miles (18,138.62 km) ESE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |