Nonstop flight route between Tallahassee, Florida, United States and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida, United States and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 727 miles (or 1,170 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 Tallahassee Regional Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH):

• Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) has 2 runways.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport is a city-owned public airport five miles southwest of Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida.
• By the 1980s the terminal was becoming obsolete, and the 6100 foot runway was too short for the Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 coming into service.
• Because of Tallahassee Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallahassee Regional 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 Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Decatur County Industrial Air Park (BGE), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNW of TLH.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport handled 67,110 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,303 miles (18,190 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• From the airport's opening until the early 1980s, the airport's primary runway was Runway 18/36, a 6076-foot runway with an ILS approach, enabling all-weather approaches, and a USAF certified High TACAN approach for practice by Air Force aircraft based at Tyndall AFB, near Panama City.

Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):

• The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.
• Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
• The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
• Since 2001, engineers at NASA Wallops Flight Facility have been developing new range technologies, systems and approaches to improve the cost and responsiveness of launch and flight test activities, within the constraints of available funding and program schedules.
• 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 WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
• 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.