Nonstop flight route between Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bacacheri Airport (BFH), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,357 miles (or 8,622 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 Bacacheri Airport and Sherman Army AirfieldSherman 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 Bacacheri Airport and Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bacacheri Airport (BFH):

• The closest airport to Bacacheri Airport (BFH) is Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) SSE of BFH.
• On March 31, 1980 Bacacheri Air Force Base was de-commissioned and its administration handled over to Infraero.
• Bacacheri Airport (BFH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Bacacheri Airport (BFH) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Bacacheri Airport (meaning Bacacheri Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,945 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• Bacacheri Airport handled 90,360 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Bacacheri Airport", another name for BFH is "Aeroporto do Bacacheri".
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Facts about Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV):

• Sherman airfield is also home to one of the last Army Flying Clubs in the United States.
• In the early 1920s such flying was done at an old polo ground about three miles from Sherman.
• During the summer of 1953 Tenth Air Force evaluated Sherman Air Force Base and came to the conclusion that in the interests of economy the base should be discontinued and its training activities be transferred elsewhere.
• After World War II operations at Sherman sank again to a small scale.
• The closest airport to Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV) is Kansas City International Airport (MCI), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ESE of FLV.
• The furthest airport from Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,739 miles (17,283 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In 2002 the United States Disciplinary Barracks relocated from the middle of the fort to the northwest edge of the airport.
• In addition to being known as "Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base", another name for FLV is "Sherman AAF".
• In 1946 Sherman passed from Third Air Force to the newly created Tactical Air Command, under which it remained until the end of 1948 when it was given to Tenth Air Force, a subordinate of Continental Air Command.