Nonstop flight route between Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Riverside, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil and March Air Reserve Base (RIV), Riverside, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,089 miles (or 8,191 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 Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport and March Air Reserve 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 Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport and March Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK):

• Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport is the airport serving Matupá, Brazil.
• The furthest airport from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK) is Surigao Airport (SUG), which is nearly antipodal to Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (meaning Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Surigao Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
• The closest airport to Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is located 81 miles (131 kilometers) WNW of MBK.
• Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport", other names for MBK include "Aeroporto Regional Orlando Villas-Bôas" and "SWXM".
• Because of Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 928 feet, planes can take off or land at Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional 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.

Facts about March Air Reserve Base (RIV):

• The Army quickly set about establishing the new air field.
• Civilian agency flight activities include a permanently based U.S.
• March Field remained quiet for only a short time.
• The closest airport to March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Flabob Airport (RIR), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of RIV.
• Few members of the 1st Fighter Group foresaw subsequent difficulties in the summer of 1946 as they trained with their new jet fighters.
• In 1947, the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group was activated as part of a service-wide, wing-base test and assigned to March.
• The furthest airport from March Air Reserve Base (RIV) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,461 miles (18,445 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• After the war, March was assigned to the new Tactical Air Command as part of the postwar reorganization of the Army Air Force.