Nonstop flight route between Fremont, Nebraska, United States and Del Rio, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Fremont Municipal Airport (FET), Fremont, Nebraska, United States and Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), Del Rio, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 869 miles (or 1,398 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 Fremont Municipal Airport and Laughlin Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FET / KFET |
Airport Name: | Fremont Municipal Airport |
Location: | Fremont, Nebraska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°26'57"N by 96°31'13"W |
Area Served: | Fremont, Nebraska |
Operator/Owner: | City of Fremont |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1204 feet (367 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FET |
More Information: | FET Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DLF / KDLF |
Airport Name: | Laughlin Air Force Base |
Location: | Del Rio, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°21'33"N by 100°46'41"W |
View all routes: | Routes from DLF |
More Information: | DLF Maps & Info |
Facts about Fremont Municipal Airport (FET):
- The closest airport to Fremont Municipal Airport (FET) is Scribner State AirportScribner Army Airfield (SCB), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) NNW of FET.
- The furthest airport from Fremont Municipal Airport (FET) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,643 miles (17,128 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Fremont Municipal Airport (FET) has 2 runways.
Facts about Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF):
- The closest airport to Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Del Rio International Airport (DRT), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of DLF.
- The Air Force transferred jurisdiction of the base to the Strategic Air Command on April 1, 1957 and the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moved there from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.
- The median income for a household on the base was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $38,625.
- Laughlin U-2s were among the first to provide photographic evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba in 1962 when 4080th U-2 pilot Major Steve Heyser flew his U-2C over Cuba after taking off from Edwards AFB, California.
- In 1961, Headquarters US Air Force notified Laughlin officials their mission would expand to again include an Air Training Command undergraduate pilot training program.
- Another 4080th pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., perished when his U-2 was hit by shrapnel from a Soviet-made SA-2 on October 22, 1962 while overflying Cuba from McCoy AFB.
- The residential area of the base is a census-designated place, with a population of 1,569 at the 2010 census.
- The furthest airport from Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,241 miles (18,091 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Laughlin AFB is served by the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.