Nonstop flight route between Zouerate, Mauritania and Mountain View, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tazadit International Airport (OUZ), Zouerate, Mauritania and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,280 miles (or 10,107 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 Tazadit International Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 Tazadit International Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tazadit International Airport (OUZ):

• The closest airport to Tazadit International Airport (OUZ) is Fderik Airport (FGD), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) W of OUZ.
• The furthest airport from Tazadit International Airport (OUZ) is Maré Airport (MEE), which is nearly antipodal to Tazadit International Airport (meaning Tazadit International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maré Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
• Tazadit International Airport (OUZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• 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.
• The naval air station was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931.
• Restoration On April 21, 2011, crews began stripping the PCB-laced exterior panels of Hangar One.
• 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 US Navy is evaluating options for remediating the PCBs, lead and asbestos, and NASA is evaluating options for reuse of the hangar.
• 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.
• At its peak in the 1990s, NAS Moffett Field was the U.S.