Nonstop flight route between Jordan, Montana, United States and Mountain View, California, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from JDN to NUQ:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- JDN Airport Information
- NUQ Airport Information
- Facts about JDN
- Facts about NUQ
- Map of Nearest Airports to JDN
- List of Nearest Airports to JDN
- Map of Furthest Airports from JDN
- List of Furthest Airports from JDN
- Map of Nearest Airports to NUQ
- List of Nearest Airports to NUQ
- Map of Furthest Airports from NUQ
- List of Furthest Airports from NUQ
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jordan Airport (JDN), Jordan, Montana, United States and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,028 miles (or 1,654 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 Jordan Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JDN / KJDN |
Airport Name: | Jordan Airport |
Location: | Jordan, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°19'44"N by 106°57'10"W |
Area Served: | Jordan, Montana |
Operator/Owner: | Garfield County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2662 feet (811 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JDN |
More Information: | JDN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUQ / KNUQ |
Airport Name: | Moffett Federal Airfield |
Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°24'53"N by 122°2'53"W |
Operator/Owner: | NASA Ames Research Center |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUQ |
More Information: | NUQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Jordan Airport (JDN):
- Jordan Airport (JDN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Jordan Airport (JDN) is Glasgow International Airport (GGW), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NNE of JDN.
- The furthest airport from Jordan Airport (JDN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,455 miles (16,826 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):
- The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- By far the most famous and visible sites are Hangars #1, #2, and #3, which dwarf the surrounding buildings.
- Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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 Hangars One, Two, and Three, and the adjacent Shenandoah Plaza are collectively designated as a National Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Moffett Federal Airfield has occasional air traffic, with an average of 5-10 flights landing per day.
- As an aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy wanted to use the airship hangars at Moffett for blimp operations along with Pacific Coast.
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
- Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres.
- The US Navy is evaluating options for remediating the PCBs, lead and asbestos, and NASA is evaluating options for reuse of the hangar.
- In 2006, an offer to clean the hangar and coat its outsides with solar panels to recoup the costs of cleaning was floated by a private company, but the plan never saw fruition because it was too costly.
- The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.