Nonstop flight route between Frying Pan Island (near Parry Sound), Ontario, Canada and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome (YSI), Frying Pan Island (near Parry Sound), Ontario, Canada and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 841 miles (or 1,354 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 Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome and Offutt Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome (YSI):

• The furthest airport from Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome (YSI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,317 miles (18,213 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome (YSI) is Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport (YPD), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) ENE of YSI.
• In addition to being known as "Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome", another name for YSI is "CPS9".
• Because of Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome's relatively low elevation of 580 feet, planes can take off or land at Parry Sound/Frying Pan Island-Sans Souci Water Aerodrome 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.

Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):

• The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
• The 55 WG mission is to provide dominant intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance.
• During the late 1950s Offutt housed a Royal Air Force facility for servicing Avro Vulcans, which visited the air base frequently while on exercise with SAC.
• The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Production switched to B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in 1944, and 531 Superfortresses were produced before the end of World War II.
• It was first used as a dispatch point for Indian conflicts on the Great Plains.
• In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I, which performed combat reconnaissance training.
• In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
• To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the Offutt AFB Defense Area and Nike-Hercules Surface-to-air missile sites were constructed during 1959.
• The oldest surviving portion of Fort Crook is the parade grounds and surrounding red brick buildings that were constructed between 1894–96.