Nonstop flight route between Marabá, Pará, Brazil and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB), Marabá, Pará, Brazil and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,408 miles (or 5,484 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 João Correa da Rocha Airport and Pope Field, 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 João Correa da Rocha Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB):

• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Marabá.
• João Correa da Rocha Airport is the airport serving Marabá, Brazil.
• The furthest airport from João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to João Correa da Rocha Airport (meaning João Correa da Rocha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,149 miles (19,551 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
• The closest airport to João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB) is Carajás Airport (CKS), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) SW of MAB.
• João Correa da Rocha Airport handled 380,439 passengers last year.
• Because of João Correa da Rocha Airport's relatively low elevation of 357 feet, planes can take off or land at João Correa da Rocha 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 "João Correa da Rocha Airport", another name for MAB is "Aeroporto João Correa da Rocha".
• João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The 1930s saw the first major expansion of the facilities at Pope.
• The USAF 440th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force Reserve unit performs airfield operations to include airfield management, weather forecasting, airfield tower control, airfield navigation and landing systems’ maintenance.
• Lessons learned in the Gulf War in 1990-1991 led senior defense planners to conclude that the structure of the military establishment created numerous command and control problems.
• After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.
• The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Pope Field is a military facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina United States.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
• The 317th TAW flew the C-130E aircraft.