Nonstop flight route between Ancud, Los Lagos Region, Chile and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pupelde Airfield (ZUD), Ancud, Los Lagos Region, Chile and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,396 miles (or 8,683 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 Pupelde Airfield 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 Pupelde Airfield and Dyess Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pupelde Airfield (ZUD):

• Because of Pupelde Airfield's relatively low elevation of 375 feet, planes can take off or land at Pupelde Airfield 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.
• The closest airport to Pupelde Airfield (ZUD) is Mocopulli Airport (MHC), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) S of ZUD.
• The furthest airport from Pupelde Airfield (ZUD) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Pupelde Airfield (meaning Pupelde Airfield is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,288 miles (19,775 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• In addition to being known as "Pupelde Airfield", other names for ZUD include "Pupelde Airfield (Ancud)" and "Aeródromo Pupelde".
• Pupelde Airfield (ZUD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• 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.
• Units stationed at Dyess Air Force Base while the 5/517th was operational included SAC's 819th Strategic Aerospace Division, the 96th BW, and the 578th Strategic Missile Squadron.
• The 317th Airlift Group, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit, performs Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlift missions with 28 aircraft assigned.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• With the end of the war, the base was declared inactive on 31 January 1946.