Nonstop flight route between Douglas, Arizona, United States and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL), Douglas, Arizona, United States and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,013 miles (or 1,630 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 Douglas Municipal Airport and Offutt Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGL / KDGL |
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| Location: | Douglas, Arizona, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°20'33"N by 109°30'23"W |
| Area Served: | Douglas, Arizona |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Douglas |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 4173 feet (1,272 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DGL |
| More Information: | DGL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OFF / KOFF |
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| Location: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'9"N by 95°54'30"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from OFF |
| More Information: | OFF Maps & Info |
Facts about Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL):
- The closest airport to Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Bisbee Douglas International Airport (DUG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NNW of DGL.
- The ranges included a machine gun range with 10 targets, a pistol range with 24 targets, and a skeet range with two units.
- The first Airport Layout Plan record drawing for the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport was prepared by Johannessen &.
- A 1975 improvement project included replacement of the Medium Intensity Runway Lighting system for Runways 17-35 and 8-26.
- In addition to being known as "Douglas Municipal Airport", another name for DGL is "Douglas Army Airfield".
- Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) has 2 runways.
- The former Douglas Air Field is currently owned by Cochise County.
- The furthest airport from Douglas Municipal Airport (DGL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,522 miles (18,542 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Records of Auxiliary Airfield #4 have been lost to time.
- Because of Douglas Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,173 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DGL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DGL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- The newly established United States Air Force took control of the facility in September 1947, and on 13 January 1948 it was renamed Offutt Air Force Base.
- To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the Offutt AFB Defense Area and Nike-Hercules Surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959.
- It is charged with space operations, information operations, missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence, and combating weapons of mass destruction.
- At one minute past midnight, on 9 November 1948, Offutt gained international prominence when it became the host base for Headquarters Strategic Air Command, which was moved from Andrews AFB, Maryland.
- Offutt's great heritage began with the commissioning by the War Department in 1890 of Fort Crook.
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
- The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- Offutt AFB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Jarvis Jennes Offutt.
