Nonstop flight route between Panama City, Florida, United States and Hobbs, New Mexico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), Panama City, Florida, United States and Lea County Regional Airport (HOB), Hobbs, New Mexico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,055 miles (or 1,697 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 Tyndall Air Force Base and Lea County Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PAM / KPAM |
Airport Name: | Tyndall Air Force Base |
Location: | Panama City, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°4'42"N by 85°34'35"W |
View all routes: | Routes from PAM |
More Information: | PAM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HOB / KHOB |
Airport Name: | Lea County Regional Airport |
Location: | Hobbs, New Mexico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°41'15"N by 103°13'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | Lea County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3661 feet (1,116 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from HOB |
More Information: | HOB Maps & Info |
Facts about Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM):
- In the late 1950s into the 1960s, the base transitioned into the F-100 Super Sabre, F-101B, F-102A and TF-102B, F-104 Starfighter, and the F-106A and B aircraft, training interceptor pilots for ADC assignments.
- The 53d Weapons Evaluation Group, is an Air Combat Command tenant organization that reports to the 53d Wing at nearby Eglin Air Force Base.
- The closest airport to Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Panama City–Bay County International Airport (PFN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of PAM.
- On 1 October 1979, this site came under Tactical Air Command jurisdiction with the inactivation of Aerospace Defense Command and the formation of ADTAC.
- When World War II ended, Tyndall Field was demobilized.
- In 1962 the search radar was upgraded and re-designated as an AN/FPS-64.
- The furthest airport from Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,235 miles (18,080 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Lea County Regional Airport (HOB):
- The first air mail arrived in Hobbs via Continental Airlines in May 1940 which started passenger flights that year.
- Lea County Regional Airport (HOB) has 3 runways.
- Continental Airlines was replaced by Trans-Texas Airlines in 1963.
- The closest airport to Lea County Regional Airport (HOB) is Winkler County Airport (INK), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) S of HOB.
- In 1940 the city of Hobbs passed a bond issue to purchase the airport and some adjoining acreage, with the intent of bringing airline service and airmail delivery.
- The furthest airport from Lea County Regional Airport (HOB) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,218 miles (18,054 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.