Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Ende, Flores, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE), Ende, Flores, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,027 miles (or 12,918 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 H. Hasan Aroeboesman 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 H. Hasan Aroeboesman 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):

• 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.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• 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 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.
• Upon taking jurisdiction of Moffett Field, the Army took on the high cost of Hangar One's maintenance and wanted to inactivate the facility.
• Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres.
• In 2006, an offer to clean the hangar and coat its outsides with solar panels to recoup the costs of cleaning was floated by a private company, but the plan never saw fruition because it was too costly.
• On 1 July 1994, NAS Moffett Field was closed as a naval air station and turned over to the NASA Ames Research Center.

Facts about H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE):

• In addition to being known as "H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport", another name for ENE is "Bandara H. Hasan Aroeboesman".
• Because of H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at H. Hasan Aroeboesman 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.
• The closest airport to H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE) is Wonopito Airport (LWE), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) ENE of ENE.
• The furthest airport from H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (meaning H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,295 miles (19,787 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.
• H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport (ENE) currently has only 1 runway.