Nonstop flight route between La Fria, Venezuela and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Fría Airport (LFR), La Fria, Venezuela and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,431 miles (or 3,912 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 La Fría Airport and Dyess Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about La Fría Airport (LFR):

• The furthest airport from La Fría Airport (LFR) is Cibeureum Airfield (TSY), which is nearly antipodal to La Fría Airport (meaning La Fría Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cibeureum Airfield), and is located 12,366 miles (19,901 kilometers) away in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia.
• Because of La Fría Airport's relatively low elevation of 323 feet, planes can take off or land at La Fría 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.
• The closest airport to La Fría Airport (LFR) is Camilo Daza International Airport (CUC), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) SW of LFR.
• La Fría Airport (LFR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• On 19 November 1959, the United States Army conducted groundbreaking ceremonies at Dyess AFB for the battalion headquarters of the 5th Missile Battalion, 517th Artillery of the U.S.
• On 25 March 1944, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt training for flight cadets was taken over by the 261st Army Air Force Base Unit.
• 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 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 closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942.
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.