Nonstop flight route between Luau, Moxico, Angola and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (UAL), Luau, Moxico, Angola and Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field (TCL), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,765 miles (or 12,497 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 Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport and Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff 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 Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport and Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (UAL):

• The furthest airport from Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (UAL) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,833 miles (19,043 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
• In addition to being known as "Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport", another name for UAL is "Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (Luau)".
• The closest airport to Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (UAL) is Cazombo Airport (CAV), which is located 94 miles (151 kilometers) SSE of UAL.
• Villa Teixeira de Sousa Airport (UAL) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field (TCL):

• The furthest airport from Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field (TCL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,131 miles (17,914 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tuscaloosa Regional Airport had 2,400 commercial passenger boardings in calendar year 2011.
• The Civil Aeronautics Administration designated van de Graff Field as an intermediate field.
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines provided daily service between Tuscaloosa and Atlanta between 1982 and June 1992.GP Express Airlines would continue service to Atlanta from June 6, 1992, through the elimination of the EAS subsidy for its operation on June 30, 1994.
• The closest airport to Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field (TCL) is George Downer Airport (AIV), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WSW of TCL.
• Because of Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field 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.
• Pilot training was provided under contact by the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics, Inc.
• Tuscaloosa Regional AirportVan De Graaff Field (TCL) has 2 runways.
• DayJet announced per seat VLJ service on two pilot planes nonstop to 14 hubs in 3 states in July 2008 from Tuscaloosa.
• While visiting Tuscaloosa on April 29, 2011, to assess devastation reliefs efforts in the wake of the April 27th tornado disaster, President Barack Obama landed at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport in the Boeing C-32 presidential transport plane.