Nonstop flight route between Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and Abilene, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR), Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,208 miles (or 1,945 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 Brandon Municipal Airport and Dyess Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YBR / CYBR |
| Airport Name: | Brandon Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 49°54'35"N by 99°57'7"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1343 feet (409 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YBR |
| More Information: | YBR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DYS / KDYS |
| Airport Names: |
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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 Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR):
- The Brandon Municipal Airport passenger terminal building is 5,800 m2 facility built in 1963.
- Brandon Municipal Airport occupies a land area of about 736 acres.
- The closest airport to Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) is Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) E of YBR.
- Several airlines have operated at Brandon Airport at various times in the past.
- The airport was originally built in 1941 to host the No.
- The furthest airport from Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,352 miles (16,659 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR) has 2 runways.
- Permanent tenants at the Brandon airport include The Brandon Flying Club, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, and Maple Leaf Aviation.
- Although it is the second largest city the Province of Manitoba, the City of Brandon's significantly smaller population in comparison to the City of Winnipeg and the close geographical distance between the two cities ) has historically meant that the Winnipeg International Airport is used as the province's primary airport.
- Brandon Municipal Airport is an airport located 1.6 km north of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):
- Since 1961, various models of C-130 Hercules aircraft have been stationed at Dyess AFB.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.
- The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.
- Dyess' first active combat unit was the 341st Bombardment Wing, which activated on 1 September 1955.
- In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
