Nonstop flight route between Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States and Marietta, Georgia, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield (ARG), Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 393 miles (or 633 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 Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARG / KARG |
| Airport Name: | Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield |
| Location: | Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°7'28"N by 90°55'29"W |
| Area Served: | Walnut Ridge, Arkansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Walnut Ridge |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 279 feet (85 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ARG |
| More Information: | ARG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGE / KMGE |
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| Location: | Marietta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°54'55"N by 84°30'59"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MGE |
| More Information: | MGE Maps & Info |
Facts about Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield (ARG):
- Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield (ARG) has 3 runways.
- Because of Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 279 feet, planes can take off or land at Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield 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.
- Walnut Ridge Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Walnut Ridge, a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States.
- The furthest airport from Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield (ARG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,961 miles (17,640 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Walnut Ridge Regional AirportWalnut Ridge Army Airfield (ARG) is Kirk Field (PGR), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) E of ARG.
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
- In September 2005, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew out of Dobbins JARB after Hurricane Katrina did major damage to their normal home at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
- In the spring of 1943 the adjacent Bell Aircraft Company's factory, an additional plant and a Martin plant at Offutt Field, Omaha, Nebraska) for manufacturing B-29 Superfortresses was completed.
- The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
- The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States air reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta.
- In May, the local government issued bonds to purchase 563 acres located 3½ miles southeast of Marietta along the western side of the new four-lane superhighway, U.S.
- Originally intended by Cobb County, Georgia as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field, this airfield was constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field.
- The mission of the Marietta Army Airfield was acceptance testing of B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers for the USAAF, the modification of B-29s, and the operation of an Army Air Depot.
