Nonstop flight route between Page, Arizona, United States and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Page, Arizona, United States and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,792 miles (or 2,884 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 relatively short distance between Page Municipal Airport and MacDill Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGA / KPGA |
Airport Name: | Page Municipal Airport |
Location: | Page, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°55'33"N by 111°26'53"W |
Area Served: | Page, Arizona |
Operator/Owner: | City of Page |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4316 feet (1,316 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PGA |
More Information: | PGA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCF / KMCF |
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Location: | Tampa, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°50'57"N by 82°31'15"W |
View all routes: | Routes from MCF |
More Information: | MCF Maps & Info |
Facts about Page Municipal Airport (PGA):
- Page Municipal Airport (PGA) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Page Municipal Airport (PGA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,210 miles (18,040 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Page Municipal Airport (PGA) is Bullfrog Basin Airport (BFG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NE of PGA.
- Because of Page Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,316 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PGA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PGA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- Air defense of the Tampa Bay area was the mission of the 53d Pursuit Group, established at MacDIll on 15 January 1941.
- In an administrative reorganization by HQ Army Air Force, on 1 May 1944, numbered training units in the Zone of the Interior were re-designated as "Army Air Force Base Units".
- In addition to the antisubmarine mission, another prewar mission of MacDill was "Project X" the ferrying of combat aircraft eastward to the Philippines via ferrying routes set up by Ferrying Command over South Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa.
- The furthest airport from MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of MCF.
- It was the B-26 that earned the slogan "one a day in Tampa Bay." The aircraft proved hard to fly and land by many pilots due to its short wings, high landing speeds, and fighter plane maneuverability.
- MacDill has a total of 38 tenant units according to the official MacDill website."MacDill Air Force Base Units".
- Flying operations at MacDill began in 1941 with the base's first mission being the defense of Gulf of Mexico.
- In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".