Nonstop flight route between Pune, India and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pune Airport (PNQ), Pune, India and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,055 miles (or 12,963 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 Pune Airport and Wallops Flight Facility 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 Pune Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pune Airport (PNQ):

• The AAI will invest nearly 200 million in 2012 for various expansion projects at the airport, include a three-storey administrative complex located near the entrance of the airport terminal building, new hangars for small private aircraft and a canopy on the city side of the airport terminal building.
• A 1 billion airport modernisation plan was launched in August 2008 ahead of the Commonwealth Youth Games hosted by Pune.
• All the offices of the AAI and the Central Industrial Security Force will move to the new administrative block, creating more space in the terminal building.
• Lohegaon Air Force Station at Pune is one of the oldest establishments in the Indian Air Force.
• The proposed Pune Metro Rail project will connect this airport to Vanaz via Deccan Gymkhana.
• Pune Airport (PNQ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Pune Airport", other names for PNQ include "पुणे विमानतळ" and "Puṇē vimānataḷa".
• The runway is also under renovation and will be extended to 3,250 metres from the current length of 2,600 metres.
• The closest airport to Pune Airport (PNQ) is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) WNW of PNQ.
• The furthest airport from Pune Airport (PNQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,807 miles (19,001 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.

Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):

• The Wallops mobile range instrumentation includes telemetry, radar, command and power systems.
• The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
• The Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
• In 1959, NASA acquired the former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, and engineering and administrative activities were moved to this location.
• Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.