Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Tbilisi, Georgia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Tbilisi Airport (TBS), Tbilisi, Georgia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,911 miles (or 11,123 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 Tbilisi 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 Tbilisi 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):

• In August 1986 during the NAS Moffett Field Airshow, the Italian demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, and the German Navy's F-104 flight demonstration team, the Vikings, performed in front of the crowd.
• 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.
• The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
• In 1931, the city of Sunnyvale acquired a 1,000 acres parcel of farmland bordering San Francisco Bay, paid for with nearly $480,000 raised by the citizens of Santa Clara County, then "sold" the parcel for $1 to the US government as a home base for the Navy airship USS Macon.
• 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.
• Restoration On April 21, 2011, crews began stripping the PCB-laced exterior panels of Hangar One.

Facts about Tbilisi Airport (TBS):

• Tbilisi Airport (TBS) has 2 runways.
• The first airport terminal building was constructed in 1952.
• Tbilisi International Airport formerly Novo Alexeyevka International Airport, is the main international airport in Georgia, located 17 km southeast of the capital Tbilisi.
• The furthest airport from Tbilisi Airport (TBS) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,153 miles (17,948 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In 2007, the airport handled 615,873 passengers, representing an increase of 8.5% over 2006.
• The closest airport to Tbilisi Airport (TBS) is Shirak International Airport (LWN), which is located 85 miles (137 kilometers) SW of TBS.
• In addition to being known as "Tbilisi Airport", another name for TBS is "თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი".