Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Menorca, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Menorca Airport (MAH), Menorca, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,134 miles (or 6,653 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Menorca 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Menorca Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• 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 Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
• 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 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 Menorca Airport (MAH):

• Menorca Airport (MAH) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Menorca Airport", another name for MAH is "Aeroport de MenorcaAeropuerto de Menorca".
• Menorca Airport handled 2,576,209 passengers last year.
• Menorca Airport or Mahón Airport is the airport serving the Balearic island of Minorca in the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain.
• The furthest airport from Menorca Airport (MAH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Menorca Airport (meaning Menorca Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,162 miles (19,573 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 14 September 2006 a partial roof collapse occurred in the new part of the terminal undergoing construction work.
• Because of Menorca Airport's relatively low elevation of 302 feet, planes can take off or land at Menorca 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 Menorca Airport (MAH) is Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), which is located 82 miles (131 kilometers) WSW of MAH.