Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Kandrian, Papua New Guinea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Kandrian Airport (KDR), Kandrian, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,681 miles (or 10,753 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 Kandrian 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 Kandrian Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):

• In addition, unconfirmed Soviet aircraft flown were MiG-25 Foxbat.
• 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.
• Near the end of the Cold War the program was abandoned and the squadron was disbanded.
• The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
• Foreign military sales of United States fighter aircraft to Indonesia and Egypt in the mid-1970s to replace the Soviet fighter aircraft allowed these nations to clandestinely transfer un-needed MiG-21 ultra modern MiG-23s aircraft to the United States for evaluation.
• Beginning in October 1979 Tonopah Test Range Airport was reconstructed and expanded.
• 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.
• On 16 August 1966, Iraqi Air Force Captain Munir Redfa took off from Rasheed Air Base, near Baghdad on a routine navigation training flight.

Facts about Kandrian Airport (KDR):

• The furthest airport from Kandrian Airport (KDR) is Governador Carlos Wilson Airport (FEN), which is located 11,728 miles (18,875 kilometers) away in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil.
• The closest airport to Kandrian Airport (KDR) is Gasmata Airport (GMI), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) E of KDR.
• Because of Kandrian Airport's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Kandrian 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.
• Kandrian Airport (KDR) currently has only 1 runway.