Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Greene County Airport (WAY), Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,964 miles (or 3,160 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 Greene County 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: | WAY / KWAY |
| Airport Name: | Greene County Airport |
| Location: | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°54'3"N by 80°7'50"W |
| Area Served: | Greene County, Pennsylvania |
| Operator/Owner: | Greene County |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1069 feet (326 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WAY |
| More Information: | WAY Maps & Info |
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- 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 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 earliest known depiction of the airfield was on the July 1970 Air Force Tactical Pilotage Chart.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- It is known that the USAF continues a Foreign Materiel Acquisition/Exploitation program, although the extent of acquisitions and operations of that program is not available.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- The MiG-21 posed a major threat to Israeli Air Defenses as well as to American pilots over the skies of North Vietnam.
Facts about Greene County Airport (WAY):
- The closest airport to Greene County Airport (WAY) is Washington County Airport (WSG), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) NNW of WAY.
- The furthest airport from Greene County Airport (WAY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,501 miles (18,510 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Greene County Airport (WAY) currently has only 1 runway.
