Nonstop flight route between Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bacacheri Airport (BFH), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI), Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,251 miles (or 8,451 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 Henry Post Army Airfield, 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 Henry Post Army Airfield. 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.
• In addition to being known as "Bacacheri Airport", another name for BFH is "Aeroporto do Bacacheri".
• 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.
• The history of Bacacheri airport begins in 1930 as an air field for Military Aviation.
• The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 2 is located in the vicinity of the airport.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• Bacacheri Airport (BFH) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI):

• With the sudden end of World War I in November 1918, the future operational status of Post Field was unknown.
• In 1940 the Artillery decided that the Air Corps had outgrown such mundane chores as artillery spotting, and it was decided that it would take care of itself with its own observation aircraft.
• Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,920 miles (17,575 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• There are no air units currently stationed at the airfield, however air operations for transient units are provided by permanent party personnel.
• As a result of the United State's entry into World War I, Fort Sill was selected for a primary pilot school.
• With the end of World War I, in October 1919 Post Field was deactivated as an active duty airfield in accordance with sharply reduced military budgets, and a small caretaker unit was assigned to the facility for administrative reasons to support the balloon school/company.
• The first Army aviation at Fort Sill began on 26 July 1915 when eight Curtiss JN-3 airplanes of the 1st Aero Squadron arrived from Rockwell Field, California.
• The closest airport to Henry Post Army Airfield (FSI) is Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (LAW), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) S of FSI.