Nonstop flight route between Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States and Mercury, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC), Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States and Desert Rock Airport (DRA), Mercury, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 702 miles (or 1,130 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 relatively short distance between Tucumcari Municipal Airport and Desert Rock Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TCC / KTCC |
Airport Name: | Tucumcari Municipal Airport |
Location: | Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°10'58"N by 103°36'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Tucumcari |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4065 feet (1,239 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TCC |
More Information: | TCC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DRA / KDRA |
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Location: | Mercury, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°37'9"N by 116°1'58"W |
Operator/Owner: | Mercury, Nevada |
Airport Type: | United States Department of Energy/Nevada |
Elevation: | 1010 feet (308 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DRA |
More Information: | DRA Maps & Info |
Facts about Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC):
- Because of Tucumcari Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,065 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TCC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TCC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC) has 2 runways.
- Airline flights ended around 1955.
- The closest airport to Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC) is Cannon Air Force Base Clovis Air Force Base/AAF (CVS), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SSE of TCC.
- The furthest airport from Tucumcari Municipal Airport (TCC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,108 miles (17,876 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Desert Rock Airport (DRA):
- In addition to being known as "Desert Rock Airport", another name for DRA is "NV65".
- Desert Rock Airport (DRA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Desert Rock Airport (DRA) is Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1] (INS), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of DRA.
- The furthest airport from Desert Rock Airport (DRA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,271 miles (18,139 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.