Nonstop flight route between Imperial Beach, California, United States and Tuluksak, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS), Imperial Beach, California, United States and Tuluksak Airport (TLT), Tuluksak, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,771 miles (or 4,459 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 Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and Tuluksak 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 Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach and Tuluksak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS):

• Along with the halt of construction on base, the helicopter squadrons all were moved to NAS North Island.
• The furthest airport from Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,552 miles (18,590 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) has 2 runways.
• In 1943, the present runways were built and construction on the installation’s buildings began, and on 17 July 1943 Naval Auxiliary Air Station Ream Field was commissioned.
• The closest airport to Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NRS) is Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of NRS.
• On August 1, 1974, NAS Imperial Beach was once again re-designated as a Naval Auxiliary Landing Field and in October 1975 was designated an Outlying Field and presently operates as a branch of Naval Base Coronado.
• The mission of NOLF Imperial Beach at the present time as described, is to handle the overflow of helicopter squadrons traffic both VFR and IFR, from North Island.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach", another name for NRS is "Ream Field".

Facts about Tuluksak Airport (TLT):

• Tuluksak Airport (TLT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tuluksak Airport (TLT) is Akiak Airport (AKI), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) SSW of TLT.
• The furthest airport from Tuluksak Airport (TLT) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,562 miles (16,998 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Because of Tuluksak Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Tuluksak 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.