Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Hargeisa, Somalia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA), Hargeisa, Somalia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,689 miles (or 13,984 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 Hargeisa Egal 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 Hargeisa Egal International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DYS / KDYS |
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Location: | Abilene, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°25'14"N by 99°51'16"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DYS |
More Information: | DYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HGA / HCMH |
Airport Name: | Hargeisa Egal International Airport |
Location: | Hargeisa, Somalia |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°31'5"N by 44°5'20"E |
Area Served: | Hargeisa, Somalia |
Operator/Owner: | Somaliland Civil Aviation & Air Transport Ministry |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4423 feet (1,348 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HGA |
More Information: | HGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):
- The 96th Bombardment Wing moved to Dyess on 8 September 1957 and for a few years worked alongside the 341st.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.
- In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "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.
- In 1942, the United States Army Air Forces built Tye Army Air Field, as it was popularly known, on the site of what is now known as Dyess AFB.
- 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.
Facts about Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA):
- Hargeisa Egal International Airport is an international airport in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia.
- Originally a small facility built during the colonial period, the former Hargeisa International Airport was expanded and modernized in the 1980s by the Siad Barre administration so as to accommodate larger aircraft and offer more flight destinations.
- Because of Hargeisa Egal International Airport's high elevation of 4,423 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at HGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make HGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (meaning Hargeisa Egal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of HGA.
- Hargeisa Egal International Airport (HGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- During the events leading up to the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s, the airport's infrastructure was significantly damaged.