Nonstop flight route between Tucson, Arizona, United States and Leadville, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA), Tucson, Arizona, United States and Lake County Airport (LXV), Leadville, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 550 miles (or 886 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 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base and Lake County Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DMA / KDMA |
Airport Name: | Davis–Monthan Air Force Base |
Location: | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°9'59"N by 110°52'59"W |
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More Information: | DMA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LXV / KLXV |
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Location: | Leadville, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°13'13"N by 106°19'0"W |
Area Served: | Leadville, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | County Commissioner of Lake County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 9927 feet (3,026 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
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More Information: | LXV Maps & Info |
Facts about Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA):
- In the 1990s, the 355 TTW continued to train A-10 crews for assignments to units in the United States, England, and Korea.
- On 1 October 1976, the base was transferred to Tactical Air Command after 30 years under SAC.
- As the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis–Monthan Air Force Base is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and government aircraft.
- The closest airport to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Tucson International Airport (TUS), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SW of DMA.
- The furthest airport from Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DMA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,508 miles (18,521 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The Cold War era was ushered in at Davis-Monthan in March 1946, in the form of the 40th and 444th Bombardment Groups, both equipped with B-29s.
- The 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, equipped with the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, arrived on 1 July 1980, and reported to the 552d Airborne Warning and Control Wing.
- In 1919, the Tucson Chamber of Commerce aviation committee established the nation's first municipally owned airfield at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds.
Facts about Lake County Airport (LXV):
- The furthest airport from Lake County Airport (LXV) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Because of Lake County Airport's high elevation of 9,927 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LXV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LXV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Lake County Airport, also known as Leadville Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Leadville, a city in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
- The closest airport to Lake County Airport (LXV) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) W of LXV.
- Lake County Airport covers an area of 605 acres.
- At one point, the airport had scheduled passenger airline service.
- In addition to being known as "Lake County Airport", another name for LXV is "Leadville Airport".
- Lake County Airport (LXV) currently has only 1 runway.