Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Chino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Chino Airport (CNO), Chino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,032 miles (or 1,661 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 Dyess Air Force Base and Chino Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• On 1 December 1956, the name of the base was changed to "Dyess Air Force Base" in honor of the late Lt Col William E.
• Dyess AFB is a 6,409-acre base with over 13,000 military and civilian people.
• 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.
• Since 1961, various models of C-130 Hercules aircraft have been stationed at Dyess AFB.
• 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.

Facts about Chino Airport (CNO):

• Chino Airport (CNO) has 3 runways.
• After the war, hundreds of combat aircraft were flown into Chino for disposal.
• The closest airport to Chino Airport (CNO) is LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NNE of CNO.
• The furthest airport from Chino Airport (CNO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,466 miles (18,452 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Chino Airport is the home of two aircraft museums, the Planes of Fame and the Yanks Air Museum, and the airport is one of the centers of aircraft restoration and preservation with several different companies that do this work at the airport.
• Because of Chino Airport's relatively low elevation of 652 feet, planes can take off or land at Chino 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.