Nonstop flight route between Sheridan, Wyoming, United States and Marietta, Georgia, United States:
Departure Airport:
![Get maps and more information about Sheridan County Airport Get airport maps and more information about Sheridan County Airport](images/takeoff-icon.gif)
Arrival Airport:
![Get maps and more information about Dobbins Air Reserve Base Get airport maps and more information about Dobbins Air Reserve Base](images/landing-icon.gif)
Distance from SHR to MGE:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- SHR Airport Information
- MGE Airport Information
- Facts about SHR
- Facts about MGE
- Map of Nearest Airports to SHR
- List of Nearest Airports to SHR
- Map of Furthest Airports from SHR
- List of Furthest Airports from SHR
- Map of Nearest Airports to MGE
- List of Nearest Airports to MGE
- Map of Furthest Airports from MGE
- List of Furthest Airports from MGE
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sheridan County Airport (SHR), Sheridan, Wyoming, United States and Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE), Marietta, Georgia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,408 miles (or 2,266 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 Sheridan County Airport and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SHR / KSHR |
Airport Name: | Sheridan County Airport |
Location: | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°46'9"N by 106°58'49"W |
Area Served: | Sheridan, Wyoming |
Operator/Owner: | Sheridan County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4021 feet (1,226 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHR |
More Information: | SHR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MGE / KMGE |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Marietta, Georgia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°54'55"N by 84°30'59"W |
View all routes: | Routes from MGE |
More Information: | MGE Maps & Info |
Facts about Sheridan County Airport (SHR):
- Sheridan County Airport (SHR) has 2 runways.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,710 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 14,181 enplanements in 2009, and 14,146 in 2010.
- The furthest airport from Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,622 miles (17,094 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Sheridan County Airport's high elevation of 4,021 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SHR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SHR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Bighorn Airways offers airplane and helicopter air charter service, as well as an aircraft repair and installation center.
- Sheridan County Airport covers an area of 1,550 acres at an elevation of 4,021 feet above mean sea level.
- The closest airport to Sheridan County Airport (SHR) is Worland Municipal Airport (WRL), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SW of SHR.
Facts about Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE):
- In addition to being known as "Dobbins Air Reserve Base", another name for MGE is "Dobbins ARB".
- The furthest airport from Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,314 miles (18,208 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE) is Fulton County Airport (FTY), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of MGE.
- Dobbins ARB has two runways which it shares with the General Lucius D.
- Dobbins ARB is also an automated weather station, reporting five minutes before every hour.
- In 1948, part of the land and barracks at the original Naval Air Station Atlanta in nearby Chamblee were given to the state for the purpose of creating an engineering technology school that could rapidly train returning soldiers for civilian work in various technical fields.
- Originally intended by Cobb County, Georgia as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field, this airfield was constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field.
- In addition to taking over Rickenbacker Field, the United States Army Air Forces purchased a parcel of land just north of the airfield for a cantonment area.
- In 1949, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta created the Southern Technical Institute, which was moved to land given by Dobbins AFB in 1958.
- Also in 1948 the airfield became Marietta Air Force Base as a result of the creation of the United States Air Force.