Nonstop flight route between Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States and The Dalles, Oregon, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NAS Key West (NQX), Boca Chica Key, Florida, United States and Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (DLS), The Dalles, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,624 miles (or 4,223 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 large distance between NAS Key West and Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between NAS Key West and Columbia Gorge Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about NAS Key West (NQX):

• Naval Base Key West was reopened just prior to the United States' entry into World War II to support Navy destroyers, submarines, patrol craft and PBY flying boat and amphibious aircraft.
• On 22 September of that year, the base's log book recorded the first naval flight ever made from Key West – a Curtiss N-9 seaplane flown by U.S.
• The closest airport to NAS Key West (NQX) is Key West International Airport (EYW), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WSW of NQX.
• On 5 October 2001, Naval Air Station Key West was temporarily downgraded and redesignated as Naval Air Facility Key West, but on 1 April 2003, the air facility was upgraded and restored back to full air station status as Naval Air Station Key West.
• By 1943, German submarines were operating so near Key West that they were sinking allied ships within sight of land.
• Because of NAS Key West's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Key West 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.
• In addition to being known as "NAS Key West", other names for NQX include "Naval Air Station Key West" and "NQX[1]".
• The furthest airport from NAS Key West (NQX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,629 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• By 1964, the USAF added an AN/FPS-6A height-finder radar at NAS Key West, which was modified to an AN/FPS-90 set when a second radar was added.
• NAS Key West (NQX) has 3 runways.

Facts about Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (DLS):

• Because of Columbia Gorge Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 247 feet, planes can take off or land at Columbia Gorge Regional 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.
• During the Great Depression, the city was granted $12,000 by the Works Progress Administration, but that was later revoked in 1935 when the WPA learned the city only leased the airport.
• Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (DLS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (DLS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,869 miles (17,492 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (DLS) is Cascade Locks State Airport (CZK), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) W of DLS.
• In addition to being known as "Columbia Gorge Regional Airport", another name for DLS is "The Dalles Municipal Airport".