Nonstop flight route between Riverside, California, United States and Ely, Nevada, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between March Air Reserve Base (RIV), Riverside, California, United States and Ely Airport (ELY), Ely, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 398 miles (or 640 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 March Air Reserve Base and Ely Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RIV / KRIV |
Airport Name: | March Air Reserve Base |
Location: | Riverside, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°52'50"N by 117°15'33"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RIV |
More Information: | RIV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ELY / KELY |
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Location: | Ely, Nevada, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°17'58"N by 114°50'30"W |
Area Served: | Ely, Nevada |
Operator/Owner: | White Pine County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6259 feet (1,908 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ELY |
More Information: | ELY Maps & Info |
Facts about March Air Reserve Base (RIV):
- The Army quickly set about establishing the new air field.
- March Field remained quiet for only a short time.
- After the war, March was assigned to the new Tactical Air Command as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Force.
- The closest airport to March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Flabob Airport (RIR), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of RIV.
- With the sudden end of World War I in November 1918, the future operational status of March Field was unknown.
- The furthest airport from March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,461 miles (18,445 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 quickly brought March Field back into the business of training aircrews.
- On 16 April 1950, the 1st Fighter Wing was redesignated as the 1st Fighter-Interceptor Wing.
Facts about Ely Airport (ELY):
- On November 12, 2006 Air Midwest started flights to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada via Cedar City Regional Airport in Cedar City, Utah, The stop in Cedar City was due to the fact that McCarran Airport requires Transportation Security Administration screening not available at Ely Airport.
- The closest airport to Ely Airport (ELY) is Eureka Airport (EUE), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WNW of ELY.
- Ely Airport (ELY) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Ely Airport (ELY) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,082 miles (17,835 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Ely Airport is a county-owned airport three miles northeast of Ely, in White Pine County, Nevada.
- In addition to being known as "Ely Airport", another name for ELY is "Yelland Field".
- Because of Ely Airport's high elevation of 6,259 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ELY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ELY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.