Nonstop flight route between Wooster, Ohio, United States and Tacoma, Washington, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wayne County Airport (BJJ), Wooster, Ohio, United States and McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), Tacoma, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,039 miles (or 3,281 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 Wayne County Airport and McChord Field/McChord AFB, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BJJ / KBJJ |
| Airport Name: | Wayne County Airport |
| Location: | Wooster, Ohio, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°52'28"N by 81°53'17"W |
| Area Served: | Wayne County, Ohio |
| Operator/Owner: | Wayne County Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1136 feet (346 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BJJ |
| More Information: | BJJ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TCM / KTCM |
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| Location: | Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 47°8'16"N by 122°28'35"W |
| Operator/Owner: | U.S. Air Force |
| Airport Type: | Military: Air Force Base |
| Elevation: | 322 feet (98 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TCM |
| More Information: | TCM Maps & Info |
Facts about Wayne County Airport (BJJ):
- The closest airport to Wayne County Airport (BJJ) is Akron Fulton International Airport (AKC), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) ENE of BJJ.
- Official Wooster Wayne County Airport Site KBJJ
- Wayne County Airport (BJJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Wayne County Airport covers an area of 331 acres which contains one asphalt paved runway measuring 5,191 x 100 ft.
- The furthest airport from Wayne County Airport (BJJ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,391 miles (18,331 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM):
- In addition to being known as "McChord Field/McChord AFB", another name for TCM is "Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)".
- The 62d Airlift Wing is the host unit at McChord Field.
- In 1917, the citizens of Pierce County, Washington approved a bond measure for $2,000,000 to buy 70,000 acres of land to be donated to the Federal Government for use as a military reservation.
- The furthest airport from McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,803 miles (17,386 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Because of McChord Field/McChord AFB's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at McChord Field/McChord AFB 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.
- McChord also had large maintenance facilities for Air Technical Service Command during the war, serving served as a P-39 Aircobra modification center April 1944 – May 1945 for lend-lease aircraft being sent to Russia via the Alaska Territory.
- The closest airport to McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Gray Army Airfield (GRF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SW of TCM.
- In 1980, following the eruption of Mount St.
- McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) has 2 runways.
- The ADC radar site was deactivated 1 April 1960 and repositioned to Fort Lawton AFS where the Air Force consolidated its anti-aircraft radars with the United States Army Seattle Defense Area Army Air-Defense Command Post S-90DC for Nike missile operations.
- Starting in mid-1943 the training of B-17 and B-24 replacement crews began to be phased out, as the Second Air Force began ramping up training of B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy bomb groups, destined for Twentieth Air Force.
