Nonstop flight route between Pardubice, Czech Republic and Inyokern, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pardubice Airport (PED), Pardubice, Czech Republic and Inyokern Airport (IYK), Inyokern, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,874 miles (or 9,454 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 Pardubice Airport and Inyokern 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 Pardubice Airport and Inyokern Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pardubice Airport (PED):

• In 2007 the airport handled a peak of 93,659 of passengers and 888 tonnes of cargo.
• The closest airport to Pardubice Airport (PED) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) WNW of PED.
• The furthest airport from Pardubice Airport (PED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• During World War II the airport served for training of Luftwaffe pilots, toward the end of the war for combat operations, and was destroyed by bombing.
• In 1910 Jan Kašpar, an engineer and aviation enthusiast, and his cousin Eugen Čihák, bought a Bleriot XI aeroplane and started with flight experiments on the local military exercise ground in Pardubice.
• Pardubice Airport handled 125 passengers last year.
• Pardubice Airport (PED) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Pardubice Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Pardubice 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 "Pardubice Airport", another name for PED is "Letiště Pardubice".
• Since 1950 the airport was used only for the military.
• During the 1990s the military role of the airport gradually declined.

Facts about Inyokern Airport (IYK):

• The closest airport to Inyokern Airport (IYK) is Trona Airport (TRH), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) ENE of IYK.
• Inyokern Airport (IYK) has 3 runways.
• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 11,149 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 11,081 enplanements in 2009, and 11,109 in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Inyokern Airport (IYK) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,366 miles (18,291 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In the wake of the drag strip's closing, the airport has been actively promoting its use for film shoots, with the Ridgecrest Regional Film Commission marketing it as "the region's #1 filming location".
• The Inyokern Airport Dragstrip opened in 1954, and was the second oldest continuously operating dragstrip in the United States, behind Thornhill Dragstrip in Kenton, KY which opened in 1953.