Nonstop flight route between Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and Daggett, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vivigani Airport (VIV), Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea and Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG), Daggett, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,748 miles (or 10,859 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 Vivigani Airport and Barstow-Daggett 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 Vivigani Airport and Barstow-Daggett Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vivigani Airport (VIV):

• The Royal Australian Air Force prepared the airfields, first building an emergency landing strip in April 1943.
• The airfield was used by both the 5th Air Force and the RAAF.
• The closest airport to Vivigani Airport (VIV) is Gurney Airport (GUR), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) S of VIV.
• Vivigani Airstrip was a general use airstrip until roughly 2006.
• The furthest airport from Vivigani Airport (VIV) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.

Facts about Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG):

• Today the Army has based several UH-60 Blackhawks there operating under the Fort Irwin National Training Center aviation company which on paper is based in Fort Irwin.
• The furthest airport from Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,394 miles (18,336 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• On 12 November 1942, the Secretary of War and Standard Oil Co.
• The closest airport to Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) is Apple Valley Airport (APV), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SW of DAG.
• Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG) has 2 runways.
• About 29 May 1942 the government and Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., entered into a cost plus fixed fee contract, whereby Douglas agreed to do all things necessary and incident to the procurement, furnishing, delivery and installation of equipment, machinery, machine tools, materials, supplies and facilities for proper operation of a Modification Center.