Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ), Cluj-Napoca, Romania would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,245 miles (or 10,050 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Cluj Avram Iancu 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Cluj Avram Iancu 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 Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• A spirited debate is underway over the future of Hangar One.
• Post-Cold War defense cutbacks and related Base Realignment and Closure actions in the 1990s identified NAS Moffett Field for closure.
• The adjacent NASA Ames Research Center is also home to several wind tunnels, including the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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 naval air station was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• Hangars #2 and #3 are some of the world's largest freestanding wood structures.
• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.

Facts about Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ):

• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport handled 1,035,438 passengers last year.
• Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Târgu Mureș International Airport (TGM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) ESE of CLJ.
• The airport remained a domestic airport until September 1996, when it was once again opened to both international passenger and cargo traffic.
• The furthest airport from Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,439 miles (18,410 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport", other names for CLJ include "Cluj-Napoca International Airport" and "Aeroportul Internațional "Avram Iancu" Cluj".
• On 8 September 2011, the construction works for building a new runway of 2,100 m began.
• In 1933, Cluj Airport was declared an International Airport by the Romanian Government.