Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Huatulco (Bahías de Huatulco), Oaxaca, Mexico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Huatulco International Airport (HUX), Huatulco (Bahías de Huatulco), Oaxaca, Mexico would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,969 miles (or 3,169 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 Huatulco International 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: | HUX / MMBT |
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Location: | Huatulco (Bahías de Huatulco), Oaxaca, Mexico |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°46'31"N by 96°15'45"W |
Area Served: | Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos del Sureste (ASUR) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 464 feet (141 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
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More Information: | HUX 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.
- In addition, unconfirmed Soviet aircraft flown were MiG-25 Foxbat.
- The primary access to the facility is off of U.S.
- In July 1975, the 4477th Tactical Evaluation Flight was formed at Nellis AFB as tactical evaluation organization.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- The advent of Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam War in March of 1965 led to the introduction of the obsolete and subsonic MiG-17 and the supersonic MiG-21 by the North Vietnamese Air Force being pitted against U.S.
- In 1997, the United States purchased 21 Moldovan aircraft for evaluation and analysis, under the Cooperative Threat Reduction accord.
- 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.
Facts about Huatulco International Airport (HUX):
- Because of Huatulco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 464 feet, planes can take off or land at Huatulco 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.
- Huatulco International Airport (HUX) currently has only 1 runway.
- In 2012, the airport handled 473,262 passengers, in 2013 it handled 484,604 passengers.
- In addition to being known as "Huatulco International Airport", another name for HUX is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Huatulco".
- The closest airport to Huatulco International Airport (HUX) is Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) W of HUX.
- The furthest airport from Huatulco International Airport (HUX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,525 miles (18,548 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.