Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Aldan, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Aldan Airport (ADH), Aldan, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,883 miles (or 7,858 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 Tonopah Test Range Airport and Aldan 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 Tonopah Test Range Airport and Aldan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XSD / KTNX |
Airport Name: | Tonopah Test Range Airport |
Location: | Tonopah, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°47'40"N by 116°46'42"W |
View all routes: | Routes from XSD |
More Information: | XSD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ADH / UEEA |
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Location: | Aldan, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 58°36'11"N by 125°24'25"E |
Area Served: | Aldan, Aldansky District, Sakha Republic, Russia |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroport Aldan (subsidiary of) |
Airport Type: | public |
Elevation: | 2241 feet (683 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ADH |
More Information: | ADH Maps & Info |
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- In the summer of 1979, Tonopah Test Range Airport was selected to be the home of the Tactical Air Command 4450th Tactical Group.
- The primary access to the facility is off of U.S.
- The advent of Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam War in March of 1965 led to the introduction of the obsolete and subsonic MiG-17 and the supersonic MiG-21 by the North Vietnamese Air Force being pitted against U.S.
- What was learned during these projects prompted the US Navy to commence Top Gun exercises first at NAS Miramar, California and then NAS Fallon, Nevada.
- The furthest airport from Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,207 miles (18,036 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In May 1973, when Project HAVE IDEA was initiated for joint technical and tactical evaluation of Soviet aircraft types, the tactical evaluation flights of foreign aircraft were undertaken by Detachment 1, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
Facts about Aldan Airport (ADH):
- The closest airport to Aldan Airport (ADH) is Chulman Neryungri Airport (NER), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) S of ADH.
- Aldan Airport (ADH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Aldan Airport (ADH) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is nearly antipodal to Aldan Airport (meaning Aldan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport), and is located 12,147 miles (19,549 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
- In addition to being known as "Aldan Airport", another name for ADH is "Аэропорт Алдан".