Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Palm Springs, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD), Palm Springs, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 411 miles (or 662 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Bermuda Dunes Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• In August 2008, the Navy proposed simply stripping the toxic coating from the hangar and leaving the skeleton after spraying it with a preservative.
• In 2008, the Ames Research Center leased 42 acres around the field to Google.
• By far the most famous and visible sites are Hangars #1, #2, and #3, which dwarf the surrounding buildings.
• Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located between southern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California, USA.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.

Facts about Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD):

• Because of Bermuda Dunes Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Bermuda Dunes 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 Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) is Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SE of UDD.
• IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
• The airport is home to Desert West Aviation, a local flight school as well as Desert Jet, a local aircraft charter company recently named the preferred jet provider for the airport
• The furthest airport from Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) currently has only 1 runway.
• STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals