Nonstop flight route between Mercury, Nevada, United States and Guangyuan, Sichuan, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yucca Airstrip (UCC), Mercury, Nevada, United States and Guangyuan Airport (GYS), Guangyuan, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,941 miles (or 11,171 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 Yucca Airstrip and Guangyuan 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 Yucca Airstrip and Guangyuan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UCC / KUCC |
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Location: | Mercury, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°56'44"N by 116°2'16"W |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Energy |
Elevation: | 3919 feet (1,195 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UCC |
More Information: | UCC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GYS / ZUGU |
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Location: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°23'27"N by 105°42'6"E |
Area Served: | Guangyuan, Sichuan, China |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 14472 feet (4,411 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from GYS |
More Information: | GYS Maps & Info |
Facts about Yucca Airstrip (UCC):
- Yucca Airstrip (UCC) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Yucca Airstrip", another name for UCC is "NV11".
- The furthest airport from Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,249 miles (18,103 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Yucca Airstrip is a private-use airport located 17 miles north of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
- The closest airport to Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Desert Rock Airport (DRA), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) S of UCC.
- The airport was the staging area for SHOT BADGER, a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series of nuclear test shots on April 18, 1953.
Facts about Guangyuan Airport (GYS):
- In addition to being known as "Guangyuan Airport", other names for GYS include "广元机场" and "Guǎngyuán Jīchǎng".
- The closest airport to Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG), which is located 87 miles (140 kilometers) SW of GYS.
- The furthest airport from Guangyuan Airport (GYS) is Viña del Mar Airport (KNA), which is nearly antipodal to Guangyuan Airport (meaning Guangyuan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Viña del Mar Airport), and is located 12,268 miles (19,744 kilometers) away in Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Because of Guangyuan Airport's high elevation of 14,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.