Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Torrington, Wyoming, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR), Torrington, Wyoming, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 730 miles (or 1,175 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 Tonopah Test Range Airport and Torrington Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | TOR / KTOR |
Airport Name: | Torrington Municipal Airport |
Location: | Torrington, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°3'51"N by 104°9'10"W |
Area Served: | Torrington, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | City of Torrington |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4207 feet (1,282 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TOR |
More Information: | TOR Maps & Info |
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- In the 1980s, Tonopah Airport became a major operating location for the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk.
- All the models had quirks.
- The Tonopah Range Airport first opened in 1957, supporting operations on the Test Range itself, which was used for United States Atomic Energy Commission ) funded weapon programs.
- 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.
- The assets of the squadron could not go to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, and the fate of them remains in some cases, still classified.
- The MiG-21 posed a major threat to Israeli Air Defenses as well as to American pilots over the skies of North Vietnam.
- 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.
- The primary access to the facility is off of U.S.
Facts about Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR):
- Because of Torrington Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,207 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TOR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TOR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,731 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) is Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) ESE of TOR.