Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Kittilä, Finland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Kittilä Airport (KTT), Kittilä, Finland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,879 miles (or 7,852 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 Kittilä 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 Kittilä 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: | KTT / EFKT |
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Location: | Kittilä, Finland |
GPS Coordinates: | 67°41'54"N by 24°50'53"E |
Area Served: | Kittilä, Finland |
Operator/Owner: | Finavia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 644 feet (196 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KTT |
More Information: | KTT Maps & Info |
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- 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 12 August 1968, the IDF obtained two Syrian Air Force MiG-17F fighters that had gotten lost during a training flight and landed inadvertently at Besert Landing Field, Israel.
- In the summer of 1979, Tonopah Test Range Airport was selected to be the home of the Tactical Air Command 4450th Tactical Group.
- The earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart.
- In 2006, the Constant Peg program was declassified and the USAF held a series of press conferences about the former top secret US MiGs.
- In 1980 the 4477th TEF was re-designated as the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the operation was renamed again to Constant Peg.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- 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.
Facts about Kittilä Airport (KTT):
- In addition to being known as "Kittilä Airport", another name for KTT is "Kittilän lentoasema".
- The closest airport to Kittilä Airport (KTT) is Enontekiö Airport (ENF), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of KTT.
- The furthest airport from Kittilä Airport (KTT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,612 miles (17,078 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Kittilä Airport (KTT) currently has only 1 runway.
- Kittilä Airport handled 214,493 passengers last year.
- Because of Kittilä Airport's relatively low elevation of 644 feet, planes can take off or land at Kittilä 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.