Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Apalachicola, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF), Apalachicola, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 788 miles (or 1,269 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 relatively short distance between Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Apalachicola Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):

• The first payload launched into orbit from Wallops Island was Explorer IX, atop a Scout rocket, on February 15, 1961.
• Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
• LCT2 is an effort to produce a relatively low-cost transceiver to allow launch vehicles to communicate through NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System after they have gone over the horizon from the launch site.
• In 1998, the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, later joined by Maryland, built the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops on land leased from NASA.
• The Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
• The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.

Facts about Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF):

• In addition to being known as "Apalachicola Regional Airport", another name for AAF is "(former Apalachicola AAF)".
• The current airport was originally constructed in 1939 by the Army Air Corps.
• The closest airport to Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) is Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) NW of AAF.
• Apalachicola Regional Airport is a county owned, public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Apalachicola, a city in Franklin County, Florida, United States.
• The furthest airport from Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,271 miles (18,139 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF) has 3 runways.
• Because of Apalachicola Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Apalachicola Regional 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.