Nonstop flight route between Torrington, Wyoming, United States and Tonopah, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR), Torrington, Wyoming, United States and Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 730 miles (or 1,175 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 Torrington Municipal Airport and Tonopah Test Range Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TOR / KTOR |
| Airport Name: | Torrington Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Torrington, Wyoming, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 42°3'51"N by 104°9'10"W |
| Area Served: | Torrington, Wyoming |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Torrington |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4207 feet (1,282 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TOR |
| More Information: | TOR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | XSD / KTNX |
| Airport Name: | Tonopah Test Range Airport |
| Location: | Tonopah, Nevada, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°47'40"N by 116°46'42"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from XSD |
| More Information: | XSD Maps & Info |
Facts about Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR):
- The furthest airport from Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,731 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Torrington Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,207 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TOR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TOR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) is Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) ESE of TOR.
- Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) has 2 runways.
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- Tonopah is owned by the USAF Air Combat Command.
- Pakistan was the first and largest customer of the J-6 receiving nearly 300 aircraft, mostly of the J-6C variety.
- On 16 August 1966, Iraqi Air Force Captain Munir Redfa took off from Rasheed Air Base, near Baghdad on a routine navigation training flight.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- In 2006, the Constant Peg program was declassified and the USAF held a series of press conferences about the former top secret US MiGs.
- The advent of Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam War in March of 1965 led to the introduction of the obsolete and subsonic MiG-17 and the supersonic MiG-21 by the North Vietnamese Air Force being pitted against U.S.
- In the summer of 1979, Tonopah Test Range Airport was selected to be the home of the Tactical Air Command 4450th Tactical Group.
- The earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart.
- The furthest airport from Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,207 miles (18,036 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
