Nonstop flight route between Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Palmdale, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vung Tau Airport (VTG), Vung Tau, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), Palmdale, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,148 miles (or 13,112 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 Vung Tau Airport and Palmdale Regional 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 Vung Tau Airport and Palmdale Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vung Tau Airport (VTG):

• Vung Tau Airport is a small airport in southern Vietnam, in the Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province.
• The closest airport to Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport (SGN), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) NW of VTG.
• The furthest airport from Vung Tau Airport (VTG) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Vung Tau Airport (meaning Vung Tau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,258 miles (19,728 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
• Vung Tau Airport (VTG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Vung Tau Airport", another name for VTG is "Sân bay Vũng Tàu".
• During the Vietnam War, the airport was used as an airbase of the United States Army, the South Vietnamese Air force and the United States Navy and the Air Force.

Facts about Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD):

• On February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737 landing on Runway 24L at LAX, collided upon touchdown with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 departing to Palmdale Regional Airport, that had been holding in position on the same runway.
• The furthest airport from Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) has 3 runways.
• In January 2007 subsidies valued at $4.6 million, with $2 million slated to underwrite losses incurred from providing airline service, were raised to restore commercial service to the airport.
• The origins of Palmdale Regional Airport go to the early 1930s, when a small airstrip was built in the desert.
• After several airlines were unable to sustain operations at Palmdale, the terminal was remodeled and reopened in May 2007.
• On September 3, 2008 the San Francisco service was increased from two 50-seat regional jets to four 30-seat turboprop flights per day.
• The closest airport to Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of PMD.