Nonstop flight route between Fort Worth, Texas, United States and Lancaster, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (FWH), Fort Worth, Texas, United States and General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), Lancaster, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,199 miles (or 1,930 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 Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base and General Wm. J. Fox Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FWH / KNFW |
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| Location: | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°46'9"N by 97°26'30"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from FWH |
| More Information: | FWH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WJF / KWJF |
| Airport Name: | General Wm. J. Fox Airfield |
| Location: | Lancaster, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°44'27"N by 118°13'6"W |
| Area Served: | Lancaster, California |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Los Angeles |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2351 feet (717 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WJF |
| More Information: | WJF Maps & Info |
Facts about Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (FWH):
- With the end of the Cold War, the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that Carswell AFB be closed by 1994.
- The closest airport to Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (FWH) is Fort Worth Meacham Int'l Airport (FTW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) NE of FWH.
- The furthest airport from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (FWH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,950 miles (17,623 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located 5 nautical miles west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
- NAS Fort Worth JRB units schedule a variety of airspace.
- In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base", another name for FWH is "Carswell Field".
- Aircraft types initially based at NAS Fort Worth JRB were the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet and C-9B Skytrain II.
Facts about General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF):
- General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,432 miles (18,399 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF) is Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) SE of WJF.
- On August 13, 2009, a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter made a hard landing at the airfield during a training exercise.
- The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
