Nonstop flight route between Hayward, Wisconsin, United States and Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sawyer County Airport (HYR), Hayward, Wisconsin, United States and NAS Key West (NQX), Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,578 miles (or 2,539 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 Sawyer County Airport and NAS Key West, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HYR / KHYR |
Airport Name: | Sawyer County Airport |
Location: | Hayward, Wisconsin, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 46°1'31"N by 91°26'39"W |
Area Served: | Hayward, Wisconsin |
Operator/Owner: | Sawyer County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1216 feet (371 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HYR |
More Information: | HYR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NQX / KNQX |
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Location: | Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 24°34'32"N by 81°41'20"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from NQX |
More Information: | NQX Maps & Info |
Facts about Sawyer County Airport (HYR):
- The closest airport to Sawyer County Airport (HYR) is John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport (ASX), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NE of HYR.
- L & L Aviation is the fixed base operator.
- Sawyer County Airport (HYR) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Sawyer County Airport (HYR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,813 miles (17,402 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Sawyer County Airport is a county owned, public use airport in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
Facts about NAS Key West (NQX):
- On January 18, 1918, the first class of student aviators arrived for seaplane training, which launched the station's reputation as a premier training site for Naval Aviators, a reputation which continues today.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Key West", other names for NQX include "Naval Air Station Key West" and "NQX[1]".
- After World War I, the base was decommissioned and its personnel were transferred or released.
- NAS Key West (NQX) has 3 runways.
- Naval Air Station Key West, is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States.
- The closest airport to NAS Key West (NQX) is Key West International Airport (EYW), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WSW of NQX.
- Because of NAS Key West's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Key West 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 furthest airport from NAS Key West (NQX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,629 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- During the 1980s and 1990s, Fighter Squadron 45 was also based at NAS Key West to provide air combat adversary services with A-4 Skyhawk II, F-5E/F Freedom Fighter and F-16N Fighting Falcon aircraft.
- Naval Base Key West was reopened just prior to the United States' entry into World War II to support Navy destroyers, submarines, patrol craft and PBY flying boat and amphibious aircraft.
- During World War I the base was expanded again, and in 1917, a U.S.
- In 1946, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 was established at NAS Key West and for the next three decades conducted airborne antisubmarine warfare systems evaluation out of Boca Chica, while Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 conducted Atlantic Fleet helicopter fleet replacement training in the SH-3 Sea King out of the former seaplane base at Trumbo Point.