Nonstop flight route between Beira, Mozambique and San Angelo, Texas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Beira Airport (BEW), Beira, Mozambique and Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF), San Angelo, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,560 miles (or 15,385 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 Beira Airport and Goodfellow 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 Beira Airport and Goodfellow 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: | BEW / FQBR |
Airport Name: | Beira Airport |
Location: | Beira, Mozambique |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°47'47"S by 34°54'26"E |
Area Served: | Beira |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos de Mocambique (Mozambique Airports Company) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from BEW |
More Information: | BEW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GOF / |
Airport Name: | Goodfellow Air Force Base |
Location: | San Angelo, Texas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 31°25'46"N by 100°23'56"W |
View all routes: | Routes from GOF |
More Information: | GOF Maps & Info |
Facts about Beira Airport (BEW):
- Beira Airport (BEW) has 3 runways.
- Because of Beira Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Beira 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 Beira Airport (BEW) is Chimoio Airport (VPY), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) WNW of BEW.
- The furthest airport from Beira Airport (BEW) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is located 11,789 miles (18,973 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Facts about Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF):
- It was a new mission now, and a look into the future.
- The following are some of the facilities at Goodfellow AFB
- Goodfellow's history traces to the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but its name registered the valor and sacrifice of an earlier conflict.
- Although flight operations at Goodfellow decreased dramatically after 1958, minimal activities continued with both transient aircraft and locally-based Cessna U-3 Administrators, DeHavilland U-6 Beavers, Piasecki H-21, CH-21 and HH-21 Workhorse helicopters and Cessna O-2 Skymasters.
- The furthest airport from Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,146 miles (17,937 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Goodfellow Air Force Base (GOF) is San Angelo Regional Airport (SJT), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) SW of GOF.
- After 38 years of pilot and then intelligence training, Goodfellow's mission had apparently come to a close with the announcement in 1978 that the base would revert to Air Training Command and was a candidate for closure.