Nonstop flight route between Hagfors, Sweden and Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hagfors Airport (HFS), Hagfors, Sweden and Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,685 miles (or 7,540 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 Hagfors Airport and Patrick Air Force Base, 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 Hagfors Airport and Patrick Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HFS / ESOH |
Airport Name: | Hagfors Airport |
Location: | Hagfors, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 60°1'29"N by 13°34'50"E |
Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from HFS |
More Information: | HFS Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Hagfors Airport (HFS):
- Because of Hagfors Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Hagfors 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.
- The closest airport to Hagfors Airport (HFS) is Karlstad Airport (KSD), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) SSW of HFS.
- The furthest airport from Hagfors Airport (HFS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- The Air Force Technical Applications Center is a tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB.
- NAS Banana River closed in September 1947 after a gradual deactivation and was placed in a caretaker status.
- Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
- 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.
- 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.
- US Navy Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft, part of Operation Looking Glass, were sometimes seen at Patrick AFB during the 2010-11 time frame and were often mistaken by onlookers for the previously retired VC-137 Presidential aircraft, which looks similar.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- The 920th Rescue Wing, part of Air Force Reserve Command, is another tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB and is the installation's only military flying unit.
- The 920 RQW is a full participant in the Air Force's current Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force operating concept.
- 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.