Nonstop flight route between Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Buttonville, Ontario, Canada:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States and Buttonville Airport (YKZ), Buttonville, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 862 miles (or 1,387 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 Offutt Air Force Base and Buttonville Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | YKZ / CYKZ |
| Airport Name: | Buttonville Airport |
| Location: | Buttonville, Ontario, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 43°51'38"N by 79°22'6"W |
| Area Served: | Markham, Ontario |
| Operator/Owner: | Toronto Airways Limited |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 650 feet (198 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YKZ |
| More Information: | YKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):
- Offutt's great heritage began with the commissioning by the War Department in 1890 of Fort Crook.
- In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
- The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
- 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.
- Offutt AFB is named in honor of First Lieutenant Jarvis Jennes Offutt.
- The newly established United States Air Force took control of the facility in September 1947, and on 13 January 1948 it was renamed Offutt Air Force Base.
- Operational use of Offutt Air Force Base included the basing of alert tankers in the late 1950s and 1960s, support for intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Nebraska and Iowa in the 1960s, and worldwide reconnaissance from the mid-1960s to the present.
- 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.
Facts about Buttonville Airport (YKZ):
- The new tower was designed and built using a modular design enabling the facility to be relocated in the future.
- The furthest airport from Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,402 miles (18,350 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- On 25 May 2010, a small Cirrus SR22 4-seater plane crashed on the roof of a nearby building to the airport, which was just 500 m away.
- On 8 October 2010, a small private plane of tail number C-GOYV registered to a Toronto resident made an emergency landing on Highway 407 close to Buttonville Municipal Airport.
- Flightline is available on 123.50 MHz.
- Buttonville Airport began as a grass airstrip in 1953 when Leggat Aviation moved its operations from Barker Field in Toronto.
- The closest airport to Buttonville Airport (YKZ) is Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) S of YKZ.
- Because of Buttonville Airport's relatively low elevation of 650 feet, planes can take off or land at Buttonville 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.
- It has been agreed with the Airport and the City of Markham that no circuit practice will occur between the hours of 1600h and 2000h during all long weekend holidays.
- Buttonville Airport (YKZ) has 2 runways.
