Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Guanaja Airport (GJA), Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,615 miles (or 2,599 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 Guanaja 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 Wallops Flight Facility also supports science missions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and occasionally for foreign governments and commercial organizations.
• 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.
• The WFF Main Base is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula about 5 miles west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
• Since 2001, engineers at NASA Wallops Flight Facility have been developing new range technologies, systems and approaches to improve the cost and responsiveness of launch and flight test activities, within the constraints of available funding and program schedules.
• Major Wallops facilities include FAA-certified runways.
• 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 Guanaja Airport (GJA):

• The furthest airport from Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Guanaja Airport (meaning Guanaja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,090 miles (19,457 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• The closest airport to Guanaja Airport (GJA) is Roatan International Airport – Bay Islands (RTB), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) WSW of GJA.
• In addition to being known as "Guanaja Airport", another name for GJA is "Aeropuerto de Guanaja".
• Because of Guanaja Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Guanaja 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.
• Guanaja Airport (GJA) currently has only 1 runway.