Nonstop flight route between Karluk, Alaska, United States and Palm Springs, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Karluk Airport (KYK), Karluk, Alaska, United States and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM), Palm Springs, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,427 miles (or 3,906 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 Karluk Airport and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KYK / PAKY |
Airport Name: | Karluk Airport |
Location: | Karluk, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 57°33'57"N by 154°27'14"W |
Area Served: | Karluk, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 137 feet (42 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KYK |
More Information: | KYK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TRM / KTRM |
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Location: | Palm Springs, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°37'36"N by 116°9'34"W |
Area Served: | Palm Springs, California |
Operator/Owner: | County of Riverside |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | -115 feet (-35 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TRM |
More Information: | TRM Maps & Info |
Facts about Karluk Airport (KYK):
- Because of Karluk Airport's relatively low elevation of 137 feet, planes can take off or land at Karluk 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.
- Karluk Airport (KYK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Karluk Airport (KYK) is Larsen Bay Airport (KLN), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) E of KYK.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 505 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 376 enplanements in 2009, and 397 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Karluk Airport (KYK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,807 miles (17,393 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Facts about Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM):
- The closest airport to Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) is Bermuda Dunes Airport (UDD), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of TRM.
- The furthest airport from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,478 miles (18,472 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Today, Thermal is a municipal airport serving general aviation.
- In addition to being known as "Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport", another name for TRM is "(former Thermal Army Air Field)".
- The War Assets Administration turned the military airfield to civil control during 1947 and 1948.
- Located in the Coachella Valley 115 feet below sea level, the place was named Thermal for a reason.
- The airport is one mile west of the California State Route 86S expressway and six miles south of Interstate 10 in the lower Coachella Valley of central Riverside County, an area known as the Desert Resorts Region.
- Because of Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of -115 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacqueline Cochran Regional 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.
- Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) has 2 runways.