Nonstop flight route between Victorville, California, United States and Simferopol, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV), Victorville, California, United States and Simferopol International Airport (SIP), Simferopol, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,649 miles (or 10,700 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 Southern California Logistics Airport and Simferopol International 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 Southern California Logistics Airport and Simferopol International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV):

• In late 2006, SCLA became home to Air Tanker 910, a heavily modified McDonell Douglas DC-10, which is on contract to the California Department of Forestry.
• The closest airport to Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) is Apple Valley Airport (APV), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) E of VCV.
• The SCLA Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility offers urban warfare training, and has served over 15,000 U.S.
• On August 9, 2007 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced that for their 2007 Autonomous Vehicle Competition both the Urban Challenge National Qualification Event and final event would take place at the urban military-training facility located on the former George Air Force Base.
• The furthest airport from Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,421 miles (18,380 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) has 2 runways.

Facts about Simferopol International Airport (SIP):

• The furthest airport from Simferopol International Airport (SIP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,942 miles (17,609 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Simferopol International Airport's relatively low elevation of 639 feet, planes can take off or land at Simferopol International 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.
• In the summer of 1989, the airport was designated as a "western alternate airport" for landing the Buran spacecraft.
• On 21 January 1936, the Council of People's Commissars of the Crimean Autonomous Republic decided to allocate land and begin construction of the Simferopol Airport.
• The closest airport to Simferopol International Airport (SIP) is Kerch Airport (KHC), which is located 120 miles (193 kilometers) ENE of SIP.
• Starting in 1964, the An-24 was based at the airport.
• Since March 2014, all international flights to Simferopol Airport with the exception of flights originating from Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have been cancelled or suspended due to Crimea's disputed status.
• Following the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine the airport was seized on 28 February 2014 by Russian forces.
• In addition to being known as "Simferopol International Airport", other names for SIP include "Міжнародний аеропорт "Сімферополь"", "Международный аэропорт "Симферополь"" and "URFF".
• Simferopol International Airport (SIP) currently has only 1 runway.