Nonstop flight route between Manhattan, Kansas, United States and La Verne, California, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), Manhattan, Kansas, United States and Brackett Field (POC), La Verne, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,218 miles (or 1,961 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 Manhattan Regional Airport and Brackett Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MHK / KMHK |
| Airport Name: | Manhattan Regional Airport |
| Location: | Manhattan, Kansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'27"N by 96°40'18"W |
| Area Served: | Manhattan, Kansas |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Manhattan |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1066 feet (325 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MHK |
| More Information: | MHK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POC / KPOC |
| Airport Name: | Brackett Field |
| Location: | La Verne, California, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°5'29"N by 117°46'54"W |
| Operator/Owner: | County of Los Angeles |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1011 feet (308 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from POC |
| More Information: | POC Maps & Info |
Facts about Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK):
- Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) has 2 runways.
- The FBO facility, next to the passenger terminal, is occupied by Kansas Air Center, which has been at Manhattan Airport since May 1989.
- The closest airport to Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) SW of MHK.
- During the 1970s Capital Air, operating as an air taxi service, suffered two crashes, each with fatalities.
- Since the 1950s a number of commercial airlines have operated routes out of Manhattan Regional Airport.
- The first scheduled commercial airline service into Manhattan was Continental Airlines, which began DC-3 flights to Wichita in April 1953.
- For several years in the mid-1980s Air Midwest was an Eastern Air Lines affiliate and flew 30-passenger Saab 340As in Eastern paint to Kansas City.
- Heartland Aviation uses an 8,000-square-foot stone maintenance hangar, constructed in 1940, next to the General Aviation terminal building for servicing and repairing aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,646 miles (17,133 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about Brackett Field (POC):
- A large, wooden hangar was built on the north side of the field, to house such operations as a Piper dealership and aircraft repair.
- Since the 1960s, Brackett has been the home base of Civil Air Patrol Squadron 64.
- The closest airport to Brackett Field (POC) is Cable Airport (CCB), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) ENE of POC.
- Brackett, located about an hour east of the studios in Hollywood, California, has been used for location filming of scenes for a number of TV series and movies.
- Brackett Field (POC) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Brackett Field (POC) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,462 miles (18,447 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The field was also the starting point of the Powder Puff Derby in 1974.
