Nonstop flight route between Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Dahl Creek, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Dahl Creek Airport (DCK), Dahl Creek, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,872 miles (or 4,622 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 Offutt Air Force Base and Dahl Creek 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 Offutt Air Force Base and Dahl Creek Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OFF / KOFF |
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Location: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'9"N by 95°54'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from OFF |
More Information: | OFF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DCK / |
Airport Name: | Dahl Creek Airport |
Location: | Dahl Creek, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 66°56'35"N by 156°54'16"W |
Area Served: | Dahl Creek, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 260 feet (79 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DCK |
More Information: | DCK Maps & Info |
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- The 55 WG mission is to provide dominant intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance.
- The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I, which performed combat reconnaissance training.
- In the initial months after the end of World War II, Offutt was used by the 2474th Separation Processing squadron to demobilize service members out of the armed forces after their return from overseas duty.
- Offutt AFB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Jarvis Jennes Offutt.
- Offutt AFB is the headquarters of United States Strategic Command which is one of the nine Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense.
- Operational use of Offutt Air Force Base included the basing of alert tankers in the late 1950s and 1960s, support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Nebraska and Iowa in the 1960s, and worldwide reconnaissance from the mid-1960s to the present.
- It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains.
- The newly established United States Air Force took control of the facility in September 1947, and on 13 January 1948 it was renamed Offutt Air Force Base.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
Facts about Dahl Creek Airport (DCK):
- The furthest airport from Dahl Creek Airport (DCK) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,161 miles (16,352 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
- Because of Dahl Creek Airport's relatively low elevation of 260 feet, planes can take off or land at Dahl Creek 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 Dahl Creek Airport (DCK) is Kobuk Airport (OBU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) S of DCK.
- Dahl Creek Airport (DCK) currently has only 1 runway.