Nonstop flight route between Pensacola, Florida, United States and Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA), Pensacola, Florida, United States and Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM), Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,105 miles (or 1,778 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 relatively short distance between Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field and Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NPA / KNPA |
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| Location: | Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°21'15"N by 87°18'20"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
| Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NPA |
| More Information: | NPA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LOM / |
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| Location: | Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 21°15'33"N by 101°56'36"W |
| Area Served: | Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LOM |
| More Information: | LOM Maps & Info |
Facts about Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA):
- The air station also hosts the Naval Education and Training Command and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, which provides training for all naval flight surgeons, aviation physiologists, and aviation experimental psychologists.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) is NOLF Saufley Field (NUN), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of NPA.
- Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola, "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located next to Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits.
- Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) has 3 runways.
- Realizing the advantages of the Pensacola harbor and the large timber reserves nearby for shipbuilding, in 1825 President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard made arrangements to build a Navy Yard on the southern tip of Escambia County, where the air station is today.
- Upon the entry of the United States into World War I on 6 April 1917, Pensacola, still the only naval air station, had 38 naval aviators, 163 enlisted men trained in aviation support, and 54 fixed-wing aircraft.
- In 1781, as an ally of the American rebels during the American Revolutionary War, the Spanish captured Pensacola.
- On 20 January 1914, LCdr.
- The Naval Photography School was located at base.
- The Navy Department awakened to the possibilities of naval aviation through the efforts of Captain Washington Irving Chambers.
- In 1825, the US designated this area for the Pensacola Navy Yard was designated and Congress appropriated $6,000 for a lighthouse.
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field", another name for NPA is "KNPA - FAA: NPA".
- Because of Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field 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.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,154 miles (17,951 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
Facts about Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM):
- The closest airport to Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM) is Guanajuato International Airport (BJX), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) ESE of LOM.
- Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport", another name for LOM is "Aeropuerto Nacional de Lagos de Moreno Francisco Primo de Verdad".
- The furthest airport from Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,481 miles (18,476 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
