Nonstop flight route between Paso Robles, California, United States and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield (PRB), Paso Robles, California, United States and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,255 miles (or 2,019 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 Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield and Henry Post Army Airfield, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield (PRB):

• Because of Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 836 feet, planes can take off or land at Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield 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 Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield (PRB) is Roberts Army Heliport (SYL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNW of PRB.
• Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield (PRB) has 2 runways.
• On June 8, 2014, the US Air Force successfully landed a C-17 Globemaster III heavy cargo transport aircraft at the field, proving that it can support military transport to and from Camp Roberts, some 15 miles away.
• The furthest airport from Paso Robles Municipal AirportEstrella Army Airfield (PRB) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,417 miles (18,374 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• After the termination of airline flights at Estrella Airfield in 1973 the county, in an effort to rid its rolls of excess property, sold the air base to the City of Paso Robles for $1.00.

Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):

• The Fort Sill Army Radar Approach Control is the Army's Second busiest Air Traffic Control Facility, providing Radar Approach Control service to Henry Post Army Air Field, Lawton/Fort Sill Regional Airport, Duncan/Haliburton Airport and many smaller airports in the area.
• Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Henry Post Army Airfield was the first home of all Army Aviation Training after World War II before moving to Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1954.
• Air Service/Corps units assigned to Post Field between 1919 and 1941
• The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Although the Signal corps had been supplying Observation aircraft for the United States Army Field Artillery School since 1915.
• The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.
• Henry Post AAF has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 5,001 by 200 feet.
• In 1940 the Artillery decided that the Air Corps had outgrown such mundane chores as artillery spotting, and it was decided that it would take care of itself with its own observation aircraft.