Nonstop flight route between Tacoma, Washington, United States and Dubois, Idaho, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), Tacoma, Washington, United States and Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS), Dubois, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 536 miles (or 862 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 McChord Field/McChord AFB and Dubois Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM):

• McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Gray Army Airfield (GRF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SW of TCM.
• The base was the location of the first of twenty-eight stations built by ADC as part of the permanent air defense radar network, and was the top-priority site for ADC radars.
• In 1947 Tactical Air Command moved the 62d Troop Carrier Group to McChord Field from Bergstrom Field, Texas.
• The furthest airport from McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,803 miles (17,386 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 1945 McChord was designated as a permanent station by the Army Air Forces.
• In 1940 McChord Field became the headquarters of the GHQ Air Force Northwest Air District, with a mission for the defense of the Pacific Northwest and Upper Great Plains regions of the United States.
• Following the end of the war in Europe, McChord redeployed thousands of troops arriving from the European theater to the Pacific as part of Air Transport Command.
• Part of Air Mobility Command
• Because of McChord Field/McChord AFB's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at McChord Field/McChord AFB 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.
• In addition to being known as "McChord Field/McChord AFB", another name for TCM is "Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)".

Facts about Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS):

• The furthest airport from Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,731 miles (17,271 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Dubois Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,123 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DBS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DBS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Dubois Municipal Airport", another name for DBS is "U41".
• The closest airport to Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS) is Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) S of DBS.