Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Kanab, Utah, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Kanab Municipal Airport (KNB), Kanab, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 786 miles (or 1,265 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 Kanab Municipal 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):

• Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.
• The 317th Airlift Group, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit, performs Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlift missions with 28 aircraft assigned.
• The 96th Bombardment Wing moved to Dyess on 8 September 1957 and for a few years worked alongside the 341st.
• Dyess' first active combat unit was the 341st Bombardment Wing, which activated on 1 September 1955.
• Since 1961, various models of C-130 Hercules aircraft have been stationed at Dyess AFB.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Kanab Municipal Airport (KNB):

• The closest airport to Kanab Municipal Airport (KNB) is Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) NNE of KNB.
• The furthest airport from Kanab Municipal Airport (KNB) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,219 miles (18,055 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Kanab Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,868 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KNB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KNB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Kanab Municipal Airport (KNB) currently has only 1 runway.