Nonstop flight route between Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States and Atar, Mauritania:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tulsa International Airport (TUL), Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States and Atar Airport (ATR), Atar, Mauritania would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,008 miles (or 8,059 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 Tulsa International Airport and Atar Airport, 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 Tulsa International Airport and Atar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tulsa International Airport (TUL):

• In 1941, the Federal Government built Air Force Plant No.
• McIntyre evidently closed his airport during the 1930s and merged it with R.
• Tulsa International Airport handled 2,794,469 passengers last year.
• Because of Tulsa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 677 feet, planes can take off or land at Tulsa International 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 furthest airport from Tulsa International Airport (TUL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,743 miles (17,289 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Tulsa International Airport (TUL) is Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (RVS), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) SSW of TUL.
• The airport is the global maintenance headquarters for American Airlines.
• In June 1946, American Airlines built a maintenance and engineering base at Tulsa Municipal Airport.
• The airport is served by Tulsa Transit bus 203, west toward downtown and south toward Memorial and 31st.
• The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is on the northwest side of the airport.
• Tulsa International Airport (TUL) has 3 runways.

Facts about Atar Airport (ATR):

• Atar Airport (ATR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Atar Airport's relatively low elevation of 758 feet, planes can take off or land at Atar 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 Atar Airport (ATR) is Akjoujt Airport (AJJ), which is located 102 miles (164 kilometers) WSW of ATR.
• The furthest airport from Atar Airport (ATR) is Maré Airport (MEE), which is nearly antipodal to Atar Airport (meaning Atar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maré Airport), and is located 12,340 miles (19,859 kilometers) away in Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.