Nonstop flight route between Marysville, California, United States and Athens/Albany, Ohio, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beale Air Force Base (BAB), Marysville, California, United States and Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport (ATO), Athens/Albany, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,083 miles (or 3,353 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 Beale Air Force Base and Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAB / KBAB |
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Location: | Marysville, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°8'9"N by 121°26'11"W |
View all routes: | Routes from BAB |
More Information: | BAB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ATO / KUNI |
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Location: | Athens/Albany, Ohio, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°12'42"N by 82°13'45"W |
Area Served: | Athens / Albany, Ohio |
Operator/Owner: | Ohio University |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 766 feet (233 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ATO |
More Information: | ATO Maps & Info |
Facts about Beale Air Force Base (BAB):
- The furthest airport from Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,251 miles (18,107 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- In 1959 Air Defense Command established a Semi Automatic Ground Environment Data Center was established at Beale AFB.
- DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector, established on 15 February 1959.
- The host unit at Beale is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command and part of Twelfth Air Force.
- In addition to being known as "Beale Air Force Base", another name for BAB is "Beale AFB".
- Beale AFB was established in 1942 as Camp Beale and is named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, an American Navy Lieutenant and a Brigadier General in the California Militia who was an explorer and frontiersman in California.
- The closest airport to Beale Air Force Base (BAB) is Yuba County Airport (MYV), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of BAB.
- The 4126th SW was redesignated as the 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 February 1963 in a name-only redesigation and was assigned to SAC's Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Strategic Aerospace Division.
- Camp Beale also housed a German POW camp, and served as the main camp for a series of satellite POW camps around northern California.
- Half of the aircraft were maintained on 15-minute alert, fully fueled, armed, and ready for combat.
Facts about Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport (ATO):
- The university finally chose a location just west of Albany and the airport was constructed in the early 1970s and opened around 1972.
- Because of Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport's relatively low elevation of 766 feet, planes can take off or land at Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport 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.
- Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport (ATO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport offers fuel services, pilot snooze room, flight training, and mechanics on site.
- The closest airport to Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport (ATO) is Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (PMH), which is located 42 miles (67 kilometers) SW of ATO.
- The furthest airport from Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport (ATO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,410 miles (18,363 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Ohio University Airport Gordon K. Bush Airport", other names for ATO include "Snyder Field" and "UNI".