Nonstop flight route between Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Homestead, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST), Homestead, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,183 miles (or 5,122 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 Barreirinhas Airport and Homestead Air Reserve 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 Barreirinhas Airport and Homestead Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barreirinhas Airport (BRB):

• The furthest airport from Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), which is nearly antipodal to Barreirinhas Airport (meaning Barreirinhas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Frans Kaisiepo Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Biak, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) E of BRB.
• Because of Barreirinhas Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Barreirinhas 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.
• Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• A new runway is presently under construction.
• In addition to being known as "Barreirinhas Airport", another name for BRB is "Aeroporto de Barreirinhas".
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Facts about Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST):

• The closest airport to Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNW of HST.
• On 1 November 1955, the now-Homestead AFB was upgraded to a group level facility with the activation of the 379th Air Base Group which managed a major construction and rehabilitation program through 1957.
• In addition to being known as "Homestead Air Reserve Base", another name for HST is "Homestead ARB".
• Homestead ARB was established in 1942 as Homestead Army Airfield.
• On 15 September 1945, three years to the day of the base's founding, a massive hurricane barreled through, sending winds of up to 145 mph whistling through the cinderblock buildings.
• Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Army Air Forces officials decided the site would better serve defense needs as a maintenance stopover point for aircraft being ferried to the Caribbean and North Africa.
• Within a year, the 19th Bomb Wing was transferred to Homestead on 1 June 1956 from Pinecastle AFB, Florida.
• The furthest airport from Homestead Air Reserve Base (HST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,568 miles (18,616 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.