Nonstop flight route between Çanakkale, Turkey and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Çanakkale Airport (CKZ), Çanakkale, Turkey and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,362 miles (or 10,239 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 Çanakkale Airport and Dyess Air Force Base, 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 Çanakkale Airport and Dyess Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Çanakkale Airport (CKZ):

• Because of Çanakkale Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Çanakkale 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.
• The furthest airport from Çanakkale Airport (CKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,238 miles (18,086 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Çanakkale Airport", another name for CKZ is "Çanakkale Havalimanı".
• The closest airport to Çanakkale Airport (CKZ) is Gökçeada Airport (GKD), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) W of CKZ.
• Çanakkale Airport (CKZ) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• 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 77th and 69th groups were units that trained reconnaissance personnel who later served overseas.
• 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.
• The base is located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX and is about 200 miles west of Dallas.
• 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.
• On 19 November 1959, the United States Army conducted groundbreaking ceremonies at Dyess AFB for the battalion headquarters of the 5th Missile Battalion, 517th Artillery of the U.S.