Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Milton, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE), Milton, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 764 miles (or 1,229 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 NAS Whiting Field - North, 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):

• Shortly after the Korean War broke out, the city of Abilene called for the need of a military installation.
• Dyess' first active combat unit was the 341st Bombardment Wing, which activated on 1 September 1955.
• 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.
• From 1962 to 1965 Dyess Air Force Base had 13 SM-65 Atlas Missile sites Stationed around it.
• On 25 March 1944, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt training for flight cadets was taken over by the 261st Army Air Force Base Unit.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.

Facts about NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE):

• The furthest airport from NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,142 miles (17,932 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to NAS Whiting Field - North (NSE) is Pensacola International Airport (PNS), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) SSW of NSE.
• Because of NAS Whiting Field - North's relatively low elevation of 199 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Whiting Field - North 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.