Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Šiauliai, Lithuania:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ), Šiauliai, Lithuania would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,127 miles (or 8,251 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Šiauliai International Airport, 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Šiauliai International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COF / KCOF |
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Location: | Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°14'5"N by 80°36'35"W |
View all routes: | Routes from COF |
More Information: | COF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SQQ / EYSA |
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Location: | Šiauliai, Lithuania |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°53'38"N by 23°23'40"E |
Operator/Owner: | Lithuanian Army |
Airport Type: | Public/military |
Elevation: | 443 feet (135 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SQQ |
More Information: | SQQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- Adjacent to the 920 RQW's facilities is the NASA Flight Operations Facility, which provides support for NASA's permanently based UH-1H helicopters supporting KSC and transient NASA fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-38 Talon.
- In 2010, the Air Force announced its intention to replace the existing AFTAC building front State Road A1A with a new facility that would cost in the range from $100 to $200 million.
- In 1971, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute was established at Patrick AFB.
- Three months after World War II, on December 5, 1945, NAS Banana River had an ancillary role in the disappearance of Flight 19, a formation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, which had departed NAS Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a routine over-water training mission.
- The furthest airport from Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,550 miles (18,587 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
- The closest airport to Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Merritt Island Airport (COI), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of COF.
- Authorized by the Naval Expansion Act of 1938, Naval Air Station Banana River was commissioned on October 1, 1940 as a subordinate base of the Naval Air Operational Training Command NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
Facts about Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ):
- Because of Šiauliai International Airport's relatively low elevation of 443 feet, planes can take off or land at Šiauliai International 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.
- In addition to being known as "Šiauliai International Airport", another name for SQQ is "Šiaulių tarptautinis oro uostas".
- Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,229 miles (18,071 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Šiauliai International Airport (SQQ) is Kaunas International Airport (KUN), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) SSE of SQQ.