Nonstop flight route between McCook, Nebraska, United States and Marysville, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK), McCook, Nebraska, United States and Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,108 miles (or 1,784 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 McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport and Beale Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCK / KMCK |
Airport Name: | McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport |
Location: | McCook, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°12'23"N by 100°35'31"W |
Area Served: | McCook, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of McCook |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2583 feet (787 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from MCK |
More Information: | MCK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Facts about McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK):
- During World War II an even larger training airfield was built some eight miles north of McCook Regional to train heavy bomber crews.
- The furthest airport from McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,735 miles (17,276 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK) is Arapahoe Municipal Airport (AHF), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) ENE of MCK.
- McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK) has 3 runways.
- McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport covers 667 acres at an elevation of 2,583 feet above mean sea level.
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Twelfth Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is composed of four groups at Beale and various overseas operating locations.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- The base is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
- In July 1965 the wing was redesignated the 456th Bombardment Wing, Heavy with the inactivation of the Titan I Missile squadron but continued to fly the B-52 and KC-135.
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1959 Air Defense Command established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Beale AFB.
- On 24 May 1962, during a contractor checkout, a blast rocked launcher 1 at complex 4C at Chico, destroying a Titan I and causing heavy damage to the silo.