Nonstop flight route between St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Alpe d'Huez, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ), Alpe d'Huez, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,670 miles (or 7,516 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Alpe d'Huez 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Alpe d'Huez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST):

• The closest airport to Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is NAS Jacksonville (NIP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of UST.
• The furthest airport from Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,485 miles (18,483 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Northeast Florida Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Northeast Florida Regional 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.
• Through the 1980s and 1990s the airport has added over 100 hangars for single and twin-engine airplanes and currently has over 200 based aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Northeast Florida Regional Airport", another name for UST is "SGJ".
• Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) has 6 runways.
• Airport improvements continued in the 1990s.
• In June 1954 the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation announced it would build an aircraft modification plant at the airport, opening the facility the following year.
• Tower/CTAF/Pilot Controlled Lighting – 127.625 MHZ Ground – 121.175 MHZ ATIS – 119.625FBO – 130.05
• The airport was renamed "The Northeast Florida Regional Airport" in April 2010.

Facts about Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ):

• Because of Alpe d'Huez Airport's high elevation of 6,037 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AHZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AHZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Alpe d'Huez Airport", another name for AHZ is "L'altiport de l'Alpe d'Huez".
• The closest airport to Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Méribel Airport (MFX), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) NE of AHZ.
• Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Alpe d'Huez Airport (AHZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Alpe d'Huez Airport (meaning Alpe d'Huez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,283 miles (19,768 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.