Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK), Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,201 miles (or 9,980 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 Dyess Air Force Base and Dnipropetrovsk International Airport, 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 Dyess Air Force Base and Dnipropetrovsk International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• The 77th and 69th groups were units that trained reconnaissance personnel who later served overseas.
• 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.
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force.
• 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.
• Dyess Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 7 miles southwest of Abilene, Texas.
• The base is located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX and is about 200 miles west of Dallas.
• Dyess AFB is a 6,409-acre base with over 13,000 military and civilian people.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".

Facts about Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK):

• In addition to being known as "Dnipropetrovsk International Airport", another name for DNK is "Міжнародний аеропорт «Дніпропетровськ»".
• Because of Dnipropetrovsk International Airport's relatively low elevation of 481 feet, planes can take off or land at Dnipropetrovsk International 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.
• As of 2011 the airport's owners have initiated a program to develop a new terminal complex at Dnipropetrovsk International.
• Being a part of the Soviet Union, in 1990, the highest level of airport`s passenger traffic was registered.
• Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK) is Zaporizhzhya International Airport (OZH), which is located 35 miles (57 kilometers) SSE of DNK.
• The furthest airport from Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,904 miles (17,548 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.