Nonstop flight route between Puducherry, India and Edwards, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Puducherry Airport (PNY), Puducherry, India and Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,997 miles (or 14,479 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 Puducherry Airport and Edwards Air Force Base, 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 Puducherry Airport and Edwards Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Puducherry Airport (PNY):

• The on-going Phase-II will see an extension of an additional 1100 meters of runway by acquiring another 200 acres of land in the adjoining state of Tamil Nadu to operate larger jet aircraft.
• The furthest airport from Puducherry Airport (PNY) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,390 miles (18,331 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
• In addition to being known as "Puducherry Airport", other names for PNY include "புதுச்சேரி விமான நிலையம்", "VOPC" and "Pondicherry Airport".
• Because of Puducherry Airport's relatively low elevation of 134 feet, planes can take off or land at Puducherry 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 Puducherry Airport (PNY) is Chennai International Airport (MAA), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NNE of PNY.
• Puducherry Airport (PNY) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):

• In the spring of 1942, however, the immense volume of flight test already being conducted at Wright Field, in Ohio, was one of the factors driving a search for a new site where a "Top Secret" airplane could undergo tests.
• The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• With the X-1, flight testing at Muroc began to assume two distinct identities.
• The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
• Notable occurrences at Edwards include Chuck Yeager's flight that broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, test flights of the North American X-15, the first landings of the Space Shuttle, and the 1986 around-the-world flight of the Rutan Voyager.