Nonstop flight route between Palm Springs, California, United States and Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD), Palm Springs, California, United States and NAS Key West (NQX), Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,169 miles (or 3,491 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 Bermuda Dunes Airport and NAS Key West, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UDD / KUDD |
| Airport Name: | Bermuda Dunes Airport |
| Location: | Palm Springs, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°44'53"N by 116°16'28"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Bermuda Dunes Airport Corp. |
| Airport Type: | Public use |
| Elevation: | 73 feet (22 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from UDD |
| More Information: | UDD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NQX / KNQX |
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| Location: | Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°34'32"N by 81°41'20"W |
| Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
| Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
| Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NQX |
| More Information: | NQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD):
- IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
- The airport is home to Desert West Aviation, a local flight school as well as Desert Jet, a local aircraft charter company recently named the preferred jet provider for the airport
- Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Bermuda Dunes Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Bermuda Dunes 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 Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD) is Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SE of UDD.
Facts about NAS Key West (NQX):
- Because of NAS Key West's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Key West 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.
- By 1943, German submarines were operating so near Key West that they were sinking allied ships within sight of land.
- Naval Air Station Key West, is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States.
- Due to its superb flying weather, NAS Key West has also hosted several permanent detachments of the fighter and strike fighter Fleet Replacement Squadrons at NAS Oceana, Virginia.
- The furthest airport from NAS Key West (NQX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,629 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Key West", other names for NQX include "Naval Air Station Key West" and "NQX[1]".
- On 22 September of that year, the base's log book recorded the first naval flight ever made from Key West – a Curtiss N-9 seaplane flown by U.S.
- NAS Key West (NQX) has 3 runways.
- After World War II ended, NAS Key West was retained as a training facility.
- The closest airport to NAS Key West (NQX) is Key West International Airport (EYW), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WSW of NQX.
