Nonstop flight route between Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Marysville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Heidelberg Airport (HDB), Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,492 miles (or 16,886 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 Heidelberg Airport and Beale Air Force Base, 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 Heidelberg Airport and Beale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | HDB / EDIU |
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| Location: | Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°30'29"S by 28°23'30"E |
| Airport Type: | Small Airport |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from HDB |
| More Information: | HDB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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| Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
| More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Facts about Heidelberg Airport (HDB):
- The furthest airport from Heidelberg Airport (HDB) is Hana Airport (HNM), which is located 11,954 miles (19,237 kilometers) away in Hana, Hawaii, United States.
- Heidelberg Airport (HDB) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Heidelberg Airport (HDB) is Rand Airport (QRA), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NW of HDB.
- In addition to being known as "Heidelberg Airport", another name for HDB is "FAHG".
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
- The base is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
- On 16 May 1964, Defense Secretary McNamara directed the accelerated phaseout of the Atlas and Titan I ICBMs.
- In July 1965 the wing was redesignated the 456th Bombardment Wing, Heavy with the inactivation of the Titan I Missile squadron but continued to fly the B-52 and KC-135.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
