Nonstop flight route between St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU), St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,513 miles (or 2,434 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 V. C. Bird International Airport and MacDill Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU):

• In December 2005, the Antigua and Barbuda Millennium Airport Corporation announced it would invite tenders to construct the first phase of a new passenger terminal designed to serve the airport for 30 years.
• The V.C Bird International Airport is currently in the process of constructing a new Airport Terminal.
• The furthest airport from V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU) is Port Hedland International Airport (PHE), which is nearly antipodal to V. C. Bird International Airport (meaning V. C. Bird International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Port Hedland International Airport), and is located 12,211 miles (19,652 kilometers) away in Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of V. C. Bird International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at V. C. Bird 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.
• The closest airport to V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU) is Barbuda Codrington Airport (BBQ), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) N of ANU.
• The airport originally was operated by the United States Army Air Forces.
• V. C. Bird International Airport (ANU) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• 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.
• Estimates of the number of crew members trained at the base during the war vary from 50,000 to 120,000, with as many as 15,000 troops were stationed at MacDill Field at one time.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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.
• MacDill AFB was established in 1939 as Southeast Air Base, Tampa.
• 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 Field was one of two major Army Air Corps bases established in the Tampa Bay area in the buildup prior to World War II.
• Several bases in Florida, including MacDill, served as detention centers for German prisoners-of-war in the latter part of 1944 and 1945.
• The 927 ARW is commanded by Colonel David P.