Nonstop flight route between Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Albany, Western Australia, Australia:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from VAD to ALH:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- VAD Airport Information
- ALH Airport Information
- Facts about VAD
- Facts about ALH
- Map of Nearest Airports to VAD
- List of Nearest Airports to VAD
- Map of Furthest Airports from VAD
- List of Furthest Airports from VAD
- Map of Nearest Airports to ALH
- List of Nearest Airports to ALH
- Map of Furthest Airports from ALH
- List of Furthest Airports from ALH
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Albany Airport (ALH), Albany, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,191 miles (or 18,010 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 Moody Air Force Base and Albany 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 Moody Air Force Base and Albany Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAD / KVAD |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Valdosta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°58'4"N by 83°11'34"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from VAD |
| More Information: | VAD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ALH / YABA |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°56'35"S by 117°48'32"E |
| Area Served: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Albany |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 233 feet (71 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ALH |
| More Information: | ALH Maps & Info |
Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):
- In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
- The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
- On 8 January 1943, the War Department constituted and activated the 29th Flying Training Wing at Moody and assigned it to the AAF Eastern Flying Training Command.
- The 347th flew the McDonnel-Douglas F-4E until 1988, when it upgraded to the Block 15 General Dynamics F-16A/B.
- Also located on Moody A.F.B.
- With the arrival of the TF-102 Delta Dagger in Air Defense Command in 1960, Moody ended interceptor pilot and crew training and became one of ATC's new undergraduate pilot training schools.
- The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Albany Airport (ALH):
- The airport is equipped with an instrument landing system that enables all-weather capability for passenger transport.
- Albany Airport (ALH) has 2 runways.
- Because of Albany Airport's relatively low elevation of 233 feet, planes can take off or land at Albany 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 closest airport to Albany Airport (ALH) is Katanning Airport (KNI), which is located 86 miles (139 kilometers) N of ALH.
- Albany Airport handled 56,002 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Albany Airport", another name for ALH is "Harry Riggs Albany Regional Airport".
- The airport resides at an elevation of 233 ft above sea level.
- The furthest airport from Albany Airport (ALH) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Albany Airport (meaning Albany Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,208 miles (19,647 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
