Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Panama City, Panama:
Departure Airport:

Arrival Airport:

Distance from BAB to PTY:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- BAB Airport Information
- PTY Airport Information
- Facts about BAB
- Facts about PTY
- Map of Nearest Airports to BAB
- List of Nearest Airports to BAB
- Map of Furthest Airports from BAB
- List of Furthest Airports from BAB
- Map of Nearest Airports to PTY
- List of Nearest Airports to PTY
- Map of Furthest Airports from PTY
- List of Furthest Airports from PTY
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Tocumen International Airport (PTY), Panama City, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,321 miles (or 5,345 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 Beale Air Force Base and Tocumen International 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 Beale Air Force Base and Tocumen International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
Airport Names: |
|
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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PTY / MPTO |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Panama City, Panama |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°4'17"N by 79°23'0"W |
Area Served: | Panama City |
Operator/Owner: | Tocumen S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 135 feet (41 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PTY |
More Information: | PTY Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- In 1940, the "Camp Beale" area consisted of grassland and rolling hills and the 19th century mining town of Spenceville.
- On 8 February 1959, Strategic Air Command established Beale as an operational USAF base.
- The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is composed of four groups at Beale and various overseas operating locations.
- On 16 May 1964, Defense Secretary McNamara directed the accelerated phaseout of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs.
- In May 1959, Colonel Paul K.
- In the early 1970s SAC began to consolidate its B-52 assets as the age of the manned bomber was reduced with the advent of Intercontinental Strategic Ballistic Missiles.
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- 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.
- 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 addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
Facts about Tocumen International Airport (PTY):
- In addition to being known as "Tocumen International Airport", another name for PTY is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen".
- Tocumen International Airport handled 7,784,328 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Tocumen International Airport (meaning Tocumen International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- The closest airport to Tocumen International Airport (PTY) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) WSW of PTY.
- Because of Tocumen International Airport's relatively low elevation of 135 feet, planes can take off or land at Tocumen International 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.
- Tocumen International Airport (PTY) has 2 runways.
- The main passenger terminal was expanded 20,830 m2 at a cost of approximately US$ 21 million.