Nonstop flight route between Abilene, Texas, United States and Toulon, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States and Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN), Toulon, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,436 miles (or 8,748 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 Toulon–Hyères 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 Toulon–Hyères 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 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".
• The 317th Airlift Group, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit, performs Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlift missions with 28 aircraft assigned.
• Dyess AFB is a 6,409-acre base with over 13,000 military and civilian people.
• 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.
• Dyess' first active combat unit was the 341st Bombardment Wing, which activated on 1 September 1955.
• On 1 October 1993, the 96 BW and 463 AW were both inactivated and replaced by the 7th Wing, a former B-52 and KC-135 wing that had been located at the former Carswell AFB which was being realigned as NAS Fort Worth JRB/Carswell ARS as a result of Base Realignment and Closure action.
• 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.

Facts about Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN):

• In addition to being known as "Toulon–Hyères Airport", another name for TLN is "Aéroport de Toulon – Hyères".
• Because of Toulon–Hyères Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Toulon–Hyères 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.
• The closest airport to Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) is La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ENE of TLN.
• Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Toulon–Hyères Airport (TLN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toulon–Hyères Airport (meaning Toulon–Hyères Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,297 miles (19,790 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.