Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Kaya, Burkina Faso:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Kaya Airport (XKY), Kaya, Burkina Faso would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,261 miles (or 11,686 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 Kaya 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 Kaya 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 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 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 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 airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
• An episode of the Discovery Channel TV show MythBusters used one of the hangars to disprove the myth that it is not possible to fold a sheet of paper in half more than seven times.
• Narrow gauge tracks run through the length of the hangar.
• Upon taking jurisdiction of Moffett Field, the Army took on the high cost of Hangar One's maintenance and wanted to inactivate the facility.
• The US Navy is evaluating options for remediating the PCBs, lead and asbestos, and NASA is evaluating options for reuse of the hangar.
• In 2008, the Ames Research Center leased 42 acres around the field to Google.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.

Facts about Kaya Airport (XKY):

• Kaya Airport (XKY) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kaya Airport's relatively low elevation of 984 feet, planes can take off or land at Kaya 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.
• In addition to being known as "Kaya Airport", another name for XKY is "Kaya Airport (Kaya)".
• The furthest airport from Kaya Airport (XKY) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Kaya Airport (meaning Kaya Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,216 miles (19,660 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
• The closest airport to Kaya Airport (XKY) is Boulsa Airport (XBO), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) SE of XKY.