Nonstop flight route between Marietta, Georgia, United States and Iowa City, Iowa, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States and Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW), Iowa City, Iowa, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 657 miles (or 1,057 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 Iowa City Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGE / KMGE |
| Airport Names: |
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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: | IOW / KIOW |
| Airport Name: | Iowa City Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Iowa City, Iowa, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°38'21"N by 91°32'47"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Jet Air Inc |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 668 feet (204 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from IOW |
| More Information: | IOW Maps & Info |
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- 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 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.
- The push to build this airport came in 1940 when President Franklin D.
- After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, work on this new airfield accelerated rapidly.
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- By January 1945, Bell Aircraft had completed 357 B-29A's.
- 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.
- On January 23, 1942, the Bell Aircraft Company and the Department of War announced that an aircraft factory employing up to 40,000 workers would be built near Marietta.
- Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States air reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta.
- 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.
Facts about Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW):
- Because of Iowa City Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at Iowa City Municipal 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.
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 132.8/328.4 WHEN CEDAR RAPIDS APCH CTL CLSD.
- There is an airport terminal building, an aircraft maintenance shop, two corporate hangar buildings, a multi-plane hangar with attached office area, and five buildings with 60 individual hangars.
- The furthest airport from Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,895 miles (17,534 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW) is The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NNW of IOW.
