Nonstop flight route between Albury, New South Wales, Australia and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Albury Airport (ABX), Albury, New South Wales, Australia and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,098 miles (or 14,641 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 Albury Airport and Offutt Air Force Base, 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 Albury Airport and Offutt Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ABX / YMAY |
| Airport Name: | Albury Airport |
| Location: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°4'5"S by 146°57'29"E |
| Area Served: | Albury, New South Wales, Wodonga, Victoria |
| Operator/Owner: | Albury City Council |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 539 feet (164 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ABX |
| More Information: | ABX Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Albury Airport (ABX):
- In 2014, nonstop flights using 737 aircraft were looked at to Brisbane to give both direct access to Queenslanders to Victorian ski resorts & to locals from Albury region, direct access to south east Queensland without having to fly through Sydney.
- Because of Albury Airport's relatively low elevation of 539 feet, planes can take off or land at Albury 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 furthest airport from Albury Airport (ABX) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Albury Airport (meaning Albury Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,180 miles (19,602 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
- Albury Airport (ABX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport is serviced twice daily by Virgin Australia who utilise 68-seat ATR-72s to Sydney.
- Albury Airport handled 284,535 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Albury Airport (ABX) is Corowa Airport (CWW), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) W of ABX.
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- Offutt's great heritage began with the commissioning by the War Department in 1890 of Fort Crook.
- 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.
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
- During the Cold War, a general and various support personnel from the base were airborne 24-hours a day on an EC-135 from 3 February 1961 to 24 July 1990 in Operation Looking Glass, creating an airborne command post in case of war.
- 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".
- It is charged with space operations, information operations, missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence, and combating weapons of mass destruction.
