Nonstop flight route between Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Gunsan, South Korea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Gunsan Airport (KUV), Gunsan, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,472 miles (or 10,416 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 Offutt Air Force Base and Gunsan 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 Offutt Air Force Base and Gunsan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | OFF / KOFF |
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Location: | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°7'9"N by 95°54'30"W |
View all routes: | Routes from OFF |
More Information: | OFF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KUV / RKJK |
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Location: | Gunsan, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°54'14"N by 126°36'56"E |
Operator/Owner: | Korea Airports Corporation, United States Air Force, Republic of Korea Airforce |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KUV |
More Information: | KUV Maps & Info |
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
- Production ended on 18 September 1945, when the last B-29 rolled out of the assembly building.
- It is charged with space operations, information operations, missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence, and combating weapons of mass destruction.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I, which performed combat reconnaissance training.
- In 1998, the Strategic Air and Space Museum moved 30 miles southwest to Ashland, just off Interstate 80, midway between Omaha and Lincoln.
- It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains.
- At one minute past midnight, on 9 November 1948, Offutt gained international prominence when it became the host base for Headquarters Strategic Air Command, which was moved from Andrews AFB, Maryland.
- During the late 1950s Offutt housed a Royal Air Force facility for servicing Avro Vulcans, which visited the air base frequently while on exercise with SAC.
- The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Gunsan Airport (KUV):
- Because of Gunsan Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Gunsan 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.
- The closest airport to Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Gwangju Airport (KWJ), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SSE of KUV.
- The furthest airport from Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gunsan Airport (meaning Gunsan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,821 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
- Gunsan Airport handled 133,242 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Gunsan Airport", other names for KUV include "군산공항 群山空港", "Gunsan Gonghang" and "Kunsan Konghang".
- Gunsan Airport (KUV) currently has only 1 runway.