19 hours, 20 minutes from Tinker Air Force Base (Oklahoma City) to Incirlik, Turkey. Nonstop with two aerial refuelings on board an E-3 Sentry (AWACS). Door-to-door it was a good flight.
It must be nice to have options. I live in Omaha, served by the California Zephyr — one train a day in each direction. If heading west you board (scheduled) at 11pm. If heading east you board at 5am. Your advice wouldn't travel well here, or I suspect, in many areas of the country.