Nonstop flight route between Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia and Wallops Island, Virginia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baikal International Airport (UUD), Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia and Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,233 miles (or 10,032 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 Baikal International Airport and Wallops Flight Facility 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 Baikal International Airport and Wallops Flight Facility Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UUD / UIUU |
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Location: | Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°48'26"N by 107°26'15"E |
Area Served: | Ulan-Ude |
Operator/Owner: | Russian Federation |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from UUD |
More Information: | UUD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Facts about Baikal International Airport (UUD):
- Baikal International Airport (UUD) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Baikal International Airport (UUD) is International Airport Irkutsk (IKT), which is located 133 miles (215 kilometers) WNW of UUD.
- In addition to being known as "Baikal International Airport", another name for UUD is "Международный Аэропорт Байкал".
- The furthest airport from Baikal International Airport (UUD) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is nearly antipodal to Baikal International Airport (meaning Baikal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield), and is located 12,427 miles (20,000 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- The Wallops Flight Facility also supports science missions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and occasionally for foreign governments and commercial organizations.
- The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- On September 6, 2013, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was launched from Wallops, atop a Minotaur V rocket.
- In 1959, NASA acquired the former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, and engineering and administrative activities were moved to this location.
- The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.
- In the early years, research at Wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds.
- Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
- AFSS is a project to develop an autonomous on-board system that could augment or replace traditional ground-commanded Range Safety flight termination systems.
- There have been over 16,000 launches from the rocket testing range at Wallops since its founding in 1945 in the quest for information on the flight characteristics of airplanes, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, and to increase the knowledge of the Earth's upper atmosphere and the environment of outer space.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.