Nonstop flight route between Connersville, Indiana, United States and Abilene, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mettel Field (CEV), Connersville, Indiana, United States and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 962 miles (or 1,548 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 Mettel Field and Dyess Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEV / KCEV |
Airport Name: | Mettel Field |
Location: | Connersville, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°41'53"N by 85°7'51"W |
Area Served: | Connersville, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Connersville BOAC |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 866 feet (264 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEV |
More Information: | CEV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DYS / KDYS |
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Location: | Abilene, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°25'14"N by 99°51'16"W |
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More Information: | DYS Maps & Info |
Facts about Mettel Field (CEV):
- The closest airport to Mettel Field (CEV) is Richmond Municipal Airport (RID), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of CEV.
- Because of Mettel Field's relatively low elevation of 866 feet, planes can take off or land at Mettel Field 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 Mettel Field (CEV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,252 miles (18,108 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Mettel Field (CEV) has 2 runways.
Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):
- Units stationed at Dyess Air Force Base while the 5/517th was operational included SAC's 819th Strategic Aerospace Division, the 96th BW, and the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron.
- In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
- The furthest airport from Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,080 miles (17,831 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942.
- Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles southwest of Abilene, Texas.
- In 1942, the United States Army Air Forces built Tye Army Air Field, as it was popularly known, on the site of what is now known as Dyess AFB.
- The 96th Bombardment Wing moved to Dyess on 8 September 1957 and for a few years worked alongside the 341st.
- The closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.