Nonstop flight route between Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Pacific City, Oregon, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD), Tonopah, Nevada, United States and Pacific City State Airport (PFC), Pacific City, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 632 miles (or 1,017 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 Pacific City State 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: | PFC / KPFC |
Airport Name: | Pacific City State Airport |
Location: | Pacific City, Oregon, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°11'58"N by 123°57'43"W |
Area Served: | Pacific City, Oregon |
Operator/Owner: | Oregon Dept. of Aviation |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PFC |
More Information: | PFC Maps & Info |
Facts about Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD):
- The MiG-21 posed a major threat to Israeli Air Defenses as well as to American pilots over the skies of North Vietnam.
- In the 1980s, Tonopah Airport became a major operating location for the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk.
- The closest airport to Tonopah Test Range Airport (XSD) is Tonopah Airport (TPH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NW of XSD.
- What was learned during these projects prompted the US Navy to commence Top Gun exercises first at NAS Miramar, California and then NAS Fallon, Nevada.
- The assets of the squadron could not go to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, and the fate of them remains in some cases, still classified.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Pacific City State Airport (PFC):
- The closest airport to Pacific City State Airport (PFC) is Newport Municipal Airport (ONP), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) S of PFC.
- Because of Pacific City State Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Pacific City State 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 Pacific City State Airport (PFC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,955 miles (17,630 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Pacific City State Airport (PFC) currently has only 1 runway.