Nonstop flight route between Ovda, Israel and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ovda Airport (VDA), Ovda, Israel and Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,690 miles (or 10,767 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 Ovda Airport and Tampa 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 Ovda Airport and Tampa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VDA / LLOV |
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Location: | Ovda, Israel |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°56'25"N by 34°56'8"E |
Area Served: | Eilat, Israel |
Operator/Owner: | IAA |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 1492 feet (455 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from VDA |
More Information: | VDA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TPA / KTPA |
Airport Name: | Tampa International Airport |
Location: | Tampa, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°58'32"N by 82°31'59"W |
Area Served: | Tampa, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | Hillsborough County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from TPA |
More Information: | TPA Maps & Info |
Facts about Ovda Airport (VDA):
- The closest airport to Ovda Airport (VDA) is Yotvata Airfield (YOT), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of VDA.
- Ovda was originally built as a military airport in 1980 following Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty because the Israeli Air Force needed alternative airfields to its Sinai bases.
- In addition to being known as "Ovda Airport", another name for VDA is "נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה עוֹבְדָה".
- Ovda Airport handled 136,791 passengers last year.
- Ovda Airport (VDA) has 2 runways.
- In 1988 a decision was made that international flights bringing tourists to Eilat would land at Ovda, instead of at Eilat.
- The furthest airport from Ovda Airport (VDA) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,788 miles (18,970 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):
- There has been a propensity in local Tampa Bay area news media outlets and other business and governmental entities in the Tampa Bay region outside of the professional aviation community to refer to the airport as "TIA" versus the airport's actual airport code of "TPA" in either reporting or reference.
- The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
- Today, TPA Airport handles about 16.6 million passengers per year) and improvements currently in progress will increase capacity to 25-million passengers a year.
- The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
- Tampa International Airport's Landside/Airside terminal was the first of its type in the world.
- Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa 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.
- The 1952 terminal, built for three airlines, was swamped after the Civil Aeronautics Board granted Capital, Delta, Northeast, Northwest and Trans World Airlines authority to Tampa in the late 1950s.