Nonstop flight route between Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Eielson Air Force Base (EIL), Fairbanks, Alaska, United States and DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ), DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,067 miles (or 4,935 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 Eielson Air Force Base and DuBois Regional 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 Eielson Air Force Base and DuBois Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EIL / PAEI |
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Location: | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°39'56"N by 147°6'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from EIL |
More Information: | EIL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DUJ / KDUJ |
Airport Name: | DuBois Regional Airport |
Location: | DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°10'41"N by 78°53'54"W |
Area Served: | DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1817 feet (554 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DUJ |
More Information: | DUJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Eielson Air Force Base (EIL):
- The closest airport to Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Ladd Army Airfield (FBK), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of EIL.
- Headquarters USAF General Order 2, dated 13 January 1948, redesignated Mile 26 as Eielson AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Eielson Air Force Base", another name for EIL is "Eielson AFB".
- On 7 June 1943, the Western Defense Command ordered construction of a new airfield near present-day Fort Wainwright, then an Army airfield named after Major Arthur Ladd.
- The host unit at Eielson is the 354th Fighter Wing assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Eleventh Air Force.
- Operational uses of Mile 26 were few.
- The furthest airport from Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,295 miles (16,568 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Eielson is home to the 354th Fighter Wing which is part of the Eleventh Air Force of Pacific Air Forces.
- In July 1960, the Strategic Air Command stationed the 4157th Combat Support Group at Eielson.
Facts about DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ):
- DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,523 miles (18,544 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 3,230 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 5,096 in 2009, and 5,728 in 2010.
- The closest airport to DuBois Regional Airport (DUJ) is St. Marys Municipal Airport (STQ), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NE of DUJ.
- In the early 1950s the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into means of expanding the existing DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section, east of the city.