Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC), Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,021 miles (or 3,252 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 Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International 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):

• In 1959, NASA acquired the former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, and engineering and administrative activities were moved to this location.
• The Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
• The closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
• Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
• The WFF mobile range assets have been used to support rocket launches from locations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and at sea.
• 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 WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
• The WFF Research Airport is located on the Main Base.
• 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.

Facts about Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC):

• Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is a public airport located 1.5 km northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on Isla Colón in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama.
• In addition to being known as "Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport", another name for BOC is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón"".
• The furthest airport from Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (meaning Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,230 miles (19,683 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (BOC) is Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (CHX), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) WNW of BOC.
• Because of Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" 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.