Nonstop flight route between Edwards, California, United States and Barquisimeto, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Edwards Air Force Base (EDW), Edwards, California, United States and Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), Barquisimeto, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,497 miles (or 5,627 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Jacinto Lara International 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 Edwards Air Force Base and Jacinto Lara International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EDW / KEDW |
Airport Name: | Edwards Air Force Base |
Location: | Edwards, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°54'20"N by 117°53'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Air Force |
View all routes: | Routes from EDW |
More Information: | EDW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRM / SVBM |
Airport Name: | Jacinto Lara International Airport |
Location: | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°2'34"N by 69°21'30"W |
Operator/Owner: | IADAL |
Airport Type: | General |
Elevation: | 2042 feet (622 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRM |
More Information: | BRM Maps & Info |
Facts about Edwards Air Force Base (EDW):
- The furthest airport from Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,414 miles (18,369 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- In the spring of 1942, however, the immense volume of flight test already being conducted at Wright Field, in Ohio, was one of the factors driving a search for a new site where a "Top Secret" airplane could undergo tests.
- The base is next to Rogers Dry Lake, an endorheic desert salt pan whose hard dry lake surface provides a natural extension to Edwards' runways.
- A water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad since 1876, the site was largely unsettled until the early 20th century.
- With the end of the war, Fourth Air Force relinquished command of Muroc Army Airfield on 16 October 1945 and jurisdiction was transferred to Air Technical Service Command, becoming Air Materiel Command in 1946.
- The Main Base is also the home of the Benefield Anechoic Facility, an electromagnetic and radio frequency testing building.
- The closest airport to Edwards Air Force Base (EDW) is Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NW of EDW.
- On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, the 41st Bombardment Group and the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Muroc from Davis-Monthan Army Airfield, Arizona with a collection of B-18 Bolos, an A-29 Hudson and B-25 Mitchells.
Facts about Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM):
- The furthest airport from Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to Jacinto Lara International Airport (meaning Jacinto Lara International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,280 miles (19,763 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) is Oswaldo Guevara Mujica Airport (AGV), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) SSE of BRM.
- Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM) currently has only 1 runway.