Nonstop flight route between Jacmel, Haiti and Indian Springs, Nevada, United States:
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A direct, nonstop flight between Jacmel Airport (JAK), Jacmel, Haiti and Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1] (INS), Indian Springs, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,904 miles (or 4,673 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 Jacmel Airport and Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1], 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 Jacmel Airport and Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1]. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JAK / MTJA |
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Location: | Jacmel, Haiti |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°14'27"N by 72°31'6"W |
Area Served: | Jacmel, Haiti |
Operator/Owner: | Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 167 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JAK |
More Information: | JAK Maps & Info |
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IATA / ICAO Codes: | INS / KINS |
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Location: | Indian Springs, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°35'21"N by 115°40'46"W |
Operator/Owner: | Federal government of the United States |
View all routes: | Routes from INS |
More Information: | INS Maps & Info |
Facts about Jacmel Airport (JAK):
- The airport was originally built to accommodate smaller commercial flight services, but not large aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Jacmel Airport (JAK) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,927 miles (19,195 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Jacmel Airport (JAK) is Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of JAK.
- Some degradation of the runway was discovered on 29 January 2010, as a result of the heavy use of the airstrip.
- Because of Jacmel Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Jacmel 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.
- In addition to being known as "Jacmel Airport", another name for JAK is "Aérodrome de Jacmel".
- After tree and terrain clearings to allow greater runway overshoot areas, Jacmel Airport started accepting heavy-lift C-17 Globemasters from 20 February to facilitate disaster recovery efforts.
- Jacmel Airport (JAK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport also hosted the local UN MINUSTAH base.
Facts about Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1] (INS):
- In addition to being known as "Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1]", another name for INS is "Creech AFB".
- Creech Air Force Base was named on 20 June 2005 and activated, in October 2005, the Joint Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of Excellence and the 3d Special Operations Squadron.
- The furthest airport from Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1] (INS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,272 miles (18,141 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The Air Base Squadron transferred under the 4950th Test Group in 1956, the base launched the Shot John F-89J that fired the MB-1 Genie which detonated over Area 10, and AFSWC jurisdiction at Indian Springs AFB "continued until 1961".:122
- Creech is also home to the "Silver Flag Alpha Regional Training Center", operated by the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron.
- The closest airport to Creech Air Force Base Indian Springs Auxiliary Army Airfield (1961) Indian Springs Air Force Base (1951) Indian Springs Army Airfield Indian Springs Airport eponyms: Indian Springs, Nevada &Wilbur L. Creech[1] (INS) is Desert Rock Airport (DRA), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of INS.
- Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field was designated on 1 April 1961 when "the USAF transferred Indian Springs AFB missions to Nellis AFB under the control of TAC".