Nonstop flight route between Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States and Marysville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Centennial Airport (APA), Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 885 miles (or 1,425 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 Centennial Airport and Beale Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | APA / KAPA |
Airport Name: | Centennial Airport |
Location: | Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°34'12"N by 104°50'57"W |
Area Served: | Denver, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5885 feet (1,794 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from APA |
More Information: | APA Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Centennial Airport (APA):
- The furthest airport from Centennial Airport (APA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,899 miles (17,540 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Centennial Airport (APA) is Denver International Airport (DEN), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) NNE of APA.
- Located in Dove Valley, an unincorporated area of Arapahoe County, the airport’s runways extend into Douglas County.
- In 1985 a new control tower was built.
- Centennial Airport (APA) has 3 runways.
- Because of Centennial Airport's high elevation of 5,885 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at APA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make APA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- Beale AFB is the home of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and located outside of Linda, about 10 miles east of the towns of Marysville and Yuba City and about 40 miles north of Sacramento.
- As a complete training environment, Camp Beale had tank maneuvers, mortar and rifle ranges, a bombardier-navigator training, and chemical warfare classes.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- In July 1965 the wing was redesignated the 456th Bombardment Wing, Heavy with the inactivation of the Titan I Missile squadron but continued to fly the B-52 and KC-135.
- Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
- 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.
- In May 1959, Colonel Paul K.