Nonstop flight route between Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE), Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,381 miles (or 10,269 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 Rene Mouawad Air Base and Offutt 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 Rene Mouawad Air Base and Offutt 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: | KYE / OLKA |
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| Location: | Kleyate / Tripoli, Lebanon |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'21"N by 36°0'41"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Military-civil joint use airport |
| Airport Type: | Joint (civil and military) |
| Elevation: | 75 feet (23 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KYE |
| More Information: | KYE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | OFF / KOFF |
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| Location: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'9"N by 95°54'30"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from OFF |
| More Information: | OFF Maps & Info |
Facts about Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE):
- On July 13, 2006, the Israeli Air Force bombed the air base during the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict.
- On January 2012, the Lebanese cabinet announced plans to restore the airport so that it will be used for cargo and low cost airlines.
- In addition to being known as "Rene Mouawad Air Base", another name for KYE is "مطار الرئيس الشهيد رينيه معوض".
- Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) currently has only 1 runway.
- Rene Mouawad Air Base, formerly and still sometimes known as Kleyate Airport, used to be a military-civil joint airport in northern Lebanon, near the town of Kleyate and 6 kilometres from the Lebanese–Syrian border.
- The furthest airport from Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,486 miles (18,484 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- Because of Rene Mouawad Air Base's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Rene Mouawad Air Base 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 closest airport to Rene Mouawad Air Base (KYE) is Bassel al-Assad International Airport (LTK), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) N of KYE.
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- Offutt Air Force Base is the host station for the 55th Wing, the largest wing of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command.
- The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In the initial months after the end of World War II, Offutt was used by the 2474th Separation Processing squadron to demobilize service members out of the armed forces after their return from overseas duty.
- Operational use of Offutt Air Force Base included the basing of alert tankers in the late 1950s and 1960s, support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Nebraska and Iowa in the 1960s, and worldwide reconnaissance from the mid-1960s to the present.
- Offutt's great heritage began with the commissioning by the War Department in 1890 of Fort Crook.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
