Nonstop flight route between Mercury, Nevada, United States and Ayacucho, Peru:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yucca Airstrip (UCC), Mercury, Nevada, United States and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP), Ayacucho, Peru would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,401 miles (or 7,083 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 Yucca Airstrip and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte 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 Yucca Airstrip and Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | UCC / KUCC |
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Location: | Mercury, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°56'44"N by 116°2'16"W |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Energy |
Elevation: | 3919 feet (1,195 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from UCC |
More Information: | UCC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AYP / SPHO |
Airport Name: | Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport |
Location: | Ayacucho, Peru |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°9'16"S by 74°12'15"W |
Operator/Owner: | CORPAC S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8917 feet (2,718 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AYP |
More Information: | AYP Maps & Info |
Facts about Yucca Airstrip (UCC):
- Yucca Airstrip (UCC) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Yucca Airstrip", another name for UCC is "NV11".
- The closest airport to Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Desert Rock Airport (DRA), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) S of UCC.
- The airport was the staging area for SHOT BADGER, a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series of nuclear test shots on April 18, 1953.
- The furthest airport from Yucca Airstrip (UCC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,249 miles (18,103 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The asphalt runway was constructed in 2002 as part of an unmanned aerial vehicle test facility.
Facts about Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP):
- The furthest airport from Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) is Ratanakiri Airport (RBE), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (meaning Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ratanakiri Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,871 kilometers) away in Ratanakiri, Cambodia.
- Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) is Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYC), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of AYP.
- Because of Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport's high elevation of 8,917 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AYP. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AYP a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.