Nonstop flight route between McCook, Nebraska, United States and Dover, Delaware, 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 Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,334 miles (or 2,147 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 Dover 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: | DOV / KDOV |
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| Location: | Dover, Delaware, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°7'41"N by 75°27'52"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from DOV |
| More Information: | DOV Maps & Info |
Facts about McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK):
- 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.
- During World War II an even larger training airfield was built some eight miles north of McCook Regional to train heavy bomber crews.
- McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport (MCK) has 3 runways.
- Air Midwest began service on October 29, 2006, with two daily flights to Grand Island and on to Omaha Eppley Airfield and Kansas City International Airport.
Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):
- By 2008, the air traffic tower serving the airfield, built in 1955, was the oldest such tower in use in the United States Air Force.
- It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
- Once the airport came under military control an immediate construction program began to turn the civil airport into a military airfield.
- Dover Airfield was reactivated on 1 August 1950 as a result of the Korean War and the expansion of the United States Air Force in response to the Soviet threat in the Cold War.
- After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the remains of the seven astronauts were transferred to Dover AFB.
- Two sections of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse collapsed on February 18, 2003, as a result of a record snow storm.
- The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
- The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
