Nonstop flight route between Prague, Czech Republic and Glendale, Arizona, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,803 miles (or 9,339 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 Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field, 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 Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PRG / LKPR |
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Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°6'2"N by 14°15'35"E |
Area Served: | Prague, Czech Republic |
Operator/Owner: | Letiště Praha |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1247 feet (380 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PRG |
More Information: | PRG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUF / KLUF |
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Location: | Glendale, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°32'5"N by 112°22'59"W |
View all routes: | Routes from LUF |
More Information: | LUF Maps & Info |
Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):
- As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
- Prague Václav Havel Airport, formerly Prague Ruzyně International Airport, is the international airport of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
- The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The company operating the airport is Prague Airport, a joint-stock company that has one shareholder, the Ministry of Finance.
- Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".
- Due to insufficient capacity of the Kbely airport in the middle of the 1930s, the Government decided to develop a new State Civil Airport in Ruzyně.
- Travel Service Airlines and its low cost subsidiary Smart Wings have their head office on the airport property.
Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):
- The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
- Since June 2012, Luke AFB has been the permanent home of Naval Operational Support Center Phoenix of the US Navy.
- The program was to be conducted by the Federalized Michigan Air National Guard 127th Fighter Group, which had transferred from Continental Air Command to ATC, effective 10 February.
- In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
- By 7 February 1944, pilots at Luke had achieved a million hours of flying time.
- Luke Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Frank Luke.
- On 25 May 1953 the 3600th Air Demonstration Team was officially organized and established at Luke, still officially carrying this designation, now known as the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.
- Born in Phoenix in 1897, the "Arizona Balloon Buster" scored 18 aerial victories during World War I in the skies over France.