Nonstop flight route between Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bacacheri Airport (BFH), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,294 miles (or 6,910 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 MacDill 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 MacDill 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: | BFH / SBBI |
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| Location: | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°24'11"S by 49°14'0"W |
| Area Served: | Curitiba |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3057 feet (932 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BFH |
| More Information: | BFH 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 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.
- Bacacheri Airport (BFH) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Bacacheri Airport", another name for BFH is "Aeroporto do Bacacheri".
- The airport is located 7 km from downtown Curitiba.
- The history of Bacacheri airport begins in 1930 as an air field for Military Aviation.
- Bacacheri Airport handled 90,360 passengers last year.
- 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.
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
- The base also supports the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.
- In addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 326th Army Air Forces Base Unit was reorganized into an Army Air Forces separation )unit to process military demobilizations.
