Nonstop flight route between Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbus Air Force Base (CBM), Columbus, Mississippi, United States and Tefé Airport (TFF), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,989 miles (or 4,811 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Tefé Airport, 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 Columbus Air Force Base and Tefé Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Columbus Air Force Base (CBM):

• The host unit at Columbus is the 14th Flying Training Wing assigned to the Air Education and Training Command.
• The furthest airport from Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,088 miles (17,844 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• During World War II, the training load gradually increased until Columbus was graduating 195 pilots per month.
• The 454th Bombardment Wing completed more than 100 missions to South Vietnam without losing a single bomber to enemy aircraft fire.
• In addition to being known as "Columbus Air Force Base", another name for CBM is "Columbus AFB".
• The closest airport to Columbus Air Force Base (CBM) is Columbus-Lowndes County Airport (UBS), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of CBM.
• Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi is home of the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Air Education and Training Command.
• With the Korean War at an end and pilot production needs dropping, the decision was made to close the contract flying school at Columbus.
• With the end of World War II, Columbus AAF was first placed on "reduced activity status", and was inactivated on 15 August 1946.

Facts about Tefé Airport (TFF):

• It is operated by Infraero.
• Tefé Airport (TFF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tefé Airport", another name for TFF is "Aeroporto de Tefé".
• Tefé Airport handled 79,624 passengers last year.
• Because of Tefé Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Tefé 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 airport has been operated by Infraero since 1980.
• The furthest airport from Tefé Airport (TFF) is Long Lellang Airport (LGL), which is nearly antipodal to Tefé Airport (meaning Tefé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Long Lellang Airport), and is located 12,428 miles (20,001 kilometers) away in Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Tefé Airport (TFF) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ESE of TFF.
• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Tefé.