Nonstop flight route between Danbury, Connecticut, United States and Dayton, Ohio, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR), Danbury, Connecticut, United States and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO), Dayton, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 564 miles (or 908 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 Danbury Municipal Airport and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DXR / KDXR |
| Airport Name: | Danbury Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Danbury, Connecticut, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°22'18"N by 73°28'55"W |
| Area Served: | Danbury, Connecticut |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Danbury |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 458 feet (140 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DXR |
| More Information: | DXR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FFO / KFFO |
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| Location: | Dayton, Ohio, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°49'23"N by 84°2'57"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from FFO |
| More Information: | FFO Maps & Info |
Facts about Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR):
- Because of Danbury Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 458 feet, planes can take off or land at Danbury Municipal 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 closest airport to Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR) is Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) ENE of DXR.
- The furthest airport from Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,741 miles (18,896 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Civil Air Patrol 399th Composite Squadron has a hangar at the airport.
- Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR) has 2 runways.
Facts about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO):
- The base's origins begin with the establishment of Wilbur Wright Field on 22 May and McCook Field in November 1917, both established by the Army Air Service as World War I installations.
- Project Sign was WPAFB's T-2 Intelligence investigations of unidentified flying objects reports that began in July 1947 In March 1952, ATIC established an Aerial Phenomena Group to study reported UFO sightings, including those in Washington, DC, in 1952.
- The closest airport to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WNW of FFO.
- Aircraft operations on land now part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base began in 1904–1905 when Wilbur and Orville Wright used an 84-acre plot of Huffman Prairie for experimental test flights with the Wright Flyer III.
- The NORAD Manual Air Defense Control Center for 58th Air Division interceptors was at Wright-Patterson AFB by 1958, and Brookfield Air Force Station near the Pennsylvania state line became operational as an April 1952-January 1963 sub-base of WPAFB.
- The furthest airport from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,306 miles (18,195 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Wright-Patterson Air Force Base", another name for FFO is "Wright-Patterson AFB".
