Nonstop flight route between Healy Lake, Alaska, United States and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Healy River Airport (HKB), Healy Lake, Alaska, United States and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,895 miles (or 4,659 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 Healy River Airport and Dyess 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 Healy River Airport and Dyess Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Healy River Airport (HKB):

• The furthest airport from Healy River Airport (HKB) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,322 miles (16,612 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Healy River Airport (HKB) is Allen Army Airfield (BIG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) W of HKB.

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.
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• The 77th and 69th groups were units that trained reconnaissance personnel who later served overseas.
• 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.
• 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.
• Units stationed at Dyess Air Force Base while the 5/517th was operational included SAC's 819th Strategic Aerospace Division, the 96th BW, and the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron.