Nonstop flight route between Marietta, Georgia, United States and Billings, Montana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States and Billings Logan International Airport (BIL), Billings, Montana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,507 miles (or 2,425 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 Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Billings Logan International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGE / KMGE |
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| Location: | Marietta, Georgia, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°54'55"N by 84°30'59"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MGE |
| More Information: | MGE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BIL / KBIL |
| Airport Name: | Billings Logan International Airport |
| Location: | Billings, Montana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°48'28"N by 108°32'34"W |
| Area Served: | Billings, Montana |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Billings |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3652 feet (1,113 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BIL |
| More Information: | BIL Maps & Info |
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- In 1957, Naval Air Station Atlanta at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport in nereby Chamblee moved to Dobbins AFB.
- After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, work on this new airfield accelerated rapidly.
- The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
- By January 1945, Bell Aircraft had completed 357 B-29A's.
- The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The mission of the Marietta Army Airfield was acceptance testing of B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers for the USAAF, the modification of B-29s, and the operation of an Army Air Depot.
- Following the war, the Bell Aircraft Plant #6 remained closed for five years.
- In 1949, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta created the Southern Technical Institute, which was moved to land given by Dobbins AFB in 1958.
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
- The push to build this airport came in 1940 when President Franklin D.
Facts about Billings Logan International Airport (BIL):
- The first recorded flight in Billings was in 1912 by a local dentist named Dr.
- For at least part of each year 1977–1981 Billings saw scheduled Northwest DC-10s EWR-DTW-ORD-BIL-GTF-GEG-SEA and back.
- The closest airport to Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) is Roundup Airport (RPX), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) N of BIL.
- Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) has 3 runways.
- Billings Logan International Airport handled 899,302 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Billings Logan International Airport (BIL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,579 miles (17,025 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
