Nonstop flight route between Wotho, Marshall Islands and Abilene, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Wotho Airport (WTO), Wotho, Marshall Islands and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,081 miles (or 9,787 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 large distance between Wotho Airport and Dyess Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Wotho Airport and Dyess Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WTO / |
| Airport Name: | Wotho Airport |
| Location: | Wotho, Marshall Islands |
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°10'23"N by 166°0'10"E |
| Area Served: | Wotho, Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from WTO |
| More Information: | WTO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DYS / KDYS |
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| Location: | Abilene, Texas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 32°25'14"N by 99°51'16"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from DYS |
| More Information: | DYS Maps & Info |
Facts about Wotho Airport (WTO):
- The furthest airport from Wotho Airport (WTO) is RAF Ascension (ASI), which is nearly antipodal to Wotho Airport (meaning Wotho Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAF Ascension), and is located 12,282 miles (19,766 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Ascension Island, Saint Helena.
- The closest airport to Wotho Airport (WTO) is Elenak Airport (EAL), which is located 82 miles (132 kilometers) SE of WTO.
Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):
- The base is named after Lt Col William Edwin Dyess, a native of Albany, Texas, who was captured by the Japanese on Bataan in April 1942.
- The closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.
- In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
- The furthest airport from Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,080 miles (17,831 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.
- On 25 March 1944, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt training for flight cadets was taken over by the 261st Army Air Force Base Unit.
- Since 1961, various models of C-130 Hercules aircraft have been stationed at Dyess AFB.
