Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Cahokia, Illinois (near St. Louis), United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS), Cahokia, Illinois (near St. Louis), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,675 miles (or 2,696 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 Beale Air Force Base and St. Louis Downtown Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CPS / KCPS |
Airport Name: | St. Louis Downtown Airport |
Location: | Cahokia, Illinois (near St. Louis), United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°34'14"N by 90°9'21"W |
Area Served: | Greater St. Louis |
Operator/Owner: | Bi-State Development Agency |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 413 feet (126 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from CPS |
More Information: | CPS Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- Beale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 8 miles east of Marysville, California.
- In 1948, Camp Beale became Beale AFB, its mission being to train bombardier navigators in radar techniques.
- In May 1959, Colonel Paul K.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- Eventually excess land from the former Army Camp was sold off to the public.
- The 4126th SW was redesignated as the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 February 1963 in a name-only redesigation and was assigned to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division.
Facts about St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS):
- The furthest airport from St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,998 miles (17,700 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of St. Louis Downtown Airport's relatively low elevation of 413 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Louis Downtown 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 St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) is Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), which is located only 16 miles (27 kilometers) NW of CPS.
- The airport opened in 1929 as Curtiss-Steinberg Airport.
- St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) has 3 runways.