Nonstop flight route between Marietta, Georgia, United States and Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States and Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 489 miles (or 788 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 Fort Wayne 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: | FWA / KFWA |
Airport Name: | Fort Wayne International Airport |
Location: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°58'41"N by 85°11'43"W |
Area Served: | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 814 feet (248 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from FWA |
More Information: | FWA Maps & Info |
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- Marietta Army Airfield remained open after the war and became the home of Georgia Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units.
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- 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.
- The push to build this airport came in 1940 when President Franklin D.
- Following the war, the Bell Aircraft Plant #6 remained closed for five years.
- 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.
- In addition to taking over Rickenbacker Field, the United States Army Air Forces purchased a parcel of land just north of the airfield for a cantonment area.
- In September 2005, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew out of Dobbins JARB after Hurricane Katrina did major damage to their normal home at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Facts about Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA):
- At the end of World War II, the city of Fort Wayne bought the airport from the federal government's General Services Administration for $1, renaming it Baer Field/Fort Wayne Municipal Airport in 1946.
- Because of Fort Wayne International Airport's relatively low elevation of 814 feet, planes can take off or land at Fort Wayne International 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.
- Fort Wayne International Airport and the Fort Wayne – Allen County Airport Authority introduced a new website in February 2013.
- Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) has 3 runways.
- In 1981 Baer Field's 1951 terminal building was modernized and expanded with features like jetways to handle increased traffic brought on by the Airline Deregulation Act.
- The closest airport to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Smith Field (SMD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) N of FWA.
- The furthest airport from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,226 miles (18,066 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum in the terminal recounts early aviation history in Northeastern Indiana.
- This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 280,732 enplanements in calendar year 2012, 2.91% more than 2011.