Nonstop flight route between Antofagasta, Chile and Tonopah, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF), Antofagasta, Chile and Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,191 miles (or 8,353 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 Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) and Tonopah Test Range 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 Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) and Tonopah Test Range Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ANF / SCFA |
Airport Name: | Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) |
Location: | Antofagasta, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°26'39"S by 70°26'41"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 455 feet (139 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ANF |
More Information: | ANF Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF):
- Because of Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport)'s relatively low elevation of 455 feet, planes can take off or land at Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International 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.
- The furthest airport from Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) is Liuzhou Bailian Airport (LZH), which is nearly antipodal to Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (meaning Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Liuzhou Bailian Airport), and is located 12,383 miles (19,929 kilometers) away in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
- The closest airport to Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) is Carolina Airport (CLN), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NNE of ANF.
- Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (former Cerro Moreno International Airport) (ANF) currently has only 1 runway.
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.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- Tonopah is owned by the USAF Air Combat Command.
- In 2003, after the seizure of the Iraqi Air Force Al-Taqaddum Air Base, an advanced Russian MiG-25 Foxbat was found buried in the sand after an informant tipped off U.S.
- Near the end of the Cold War the program was abandoned and the squadron was disbanded.
- 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.