Nonstop flight route between Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Anapa, Russia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL), Wallops Island, Virginia, United States and Anapa Airport (AAQ), Anapa, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,346 miles (or 8,604 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Anapa 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 Wallops Flight Facility Airport and Anapa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAL / KWAL |
Airport Name: | Wallops Flight Facility Airport |
Location: | Wallops Island, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°56'24"N by 75°27'59"W |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from WAL |
More Information: | WAL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAQ / URKA |
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Location: | Anapa, Russia |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°0'7"N by 37°20'50"E |
Area Served: | Anapa |
Operator/Owner: | JSC "Anapa Airport" |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 174 feet (53 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAQ |
More Information: | AAQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL):
- The WFF Research Airport is located on the Main Base.
- Because of Wallops Flight Facility Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Wallops Flight Facility 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 closest airport to Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Accomack County Airport (MFV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of WAL.
- In the early years, research at Wallops concentrated on obtaining aerodynamic data at transonic and low supersonic speeds.
- On September 6, 2013, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was launched from Wallops, atop a Minotaur V rocket.
- The furthest airport from Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,785 miles (18,965 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Wallops Flight Facility, located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for N.A.S.A.
- The WFF mobile range assets have been used to support rocket launches from locations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and at sea.
Facts about Anapa Airport (AAQ):
- The closest airport to Anapa Airport (AAQ) is Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) SE of AAQ.
- Anapa Airport (AAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Anapa Airport's relatively low elevation of 174 feet, planes can take off or land at Anapa 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 Anapa Airport (AAQ) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 10,860 miles (17,478 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- In addition to being known as "Anapa Airport", another name for AAQ is "Аэропорт Анапа".