Nonstop flight route between Omak, Washington, United States and San Bernardino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Omak Airport (OMK), Omak, Washington, United States and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,000 miles (or 1,609 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 Omak Airport and Norton Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Omak Airport (OMK):

• The furthest airport from Omak Airport (OMK) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,660 miles (17,155 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• This is one of three aviation services serving the Omak area, the others being Mid-Valley Hospital EMS Heliport, 5.3 miles south, and Wings for Christ Airport, 3.6 miles southeast, which are available for private use.
• The closest airport to Omak Airport (OMK) is Grand Forks Airport (ZGF), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) NE of OMK.
• Numerous aircraft took off after an air show celebration at the terminal, which contained a breakfast service for aircraft pilots and a dinner service later that day.
• With the state given $994,938 in 1960 for airport improvements across Washington, the Omak City Council was granted $12,172 for their Omak Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Omak Airport", other names for OMK include "Omak Municipal Airport" and "Omak City Airport".
• Omak Airport (OMK) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• On 1 March 1942, the airport was renamed San Bernardino Army Air Field and the San Bernardino Air Depot was established there.
• On 29 November 1957, General Thomas D.
• Norton Air Force Base began before World War II as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction.
• A base railroad system interchanged with the Pacific Electric/Southern Pacific branch line on the south side of the installation.
• With the air force moving into the jet age in the late 1940s, Norton began overhauling jet engines in 1951, and the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area became one of three air force jet overhaul centers by 1953.
• The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The SAGE Direction Center closed in 1966 along with the other ADC facilities at Norton.
• A change of mission in 1966 from Air Force Logistics Command to Military Airlift Command meant that Norton became one of six Military Airlift Command strategic-airlift bases, supporting US Army and Marine Corps' airlift requirements among other functions.
• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
• Discrete C-130 Hercules modification tests were conducted out of Area II of the base in the late 1960s, with the 1198th Operational Evaluation and Training Squadron operating four highly classified C-130E special operations testbeds modified at Lockheed Air Services, at near-by Ontario Airport under projects Thin Slice and Heavy Chain.