Nonstop flight route between Crestview, Florida, United States and Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Sikes Airport (CEW), Crestview, Florida, United States and Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 396 miles (or 638 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 relatively short distance between Bob Sikes Airport and Patrick Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEW / KCEW |
Airport Name: | Bob Sikes Airport |
Location: | Crestview, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°46'43"N by 86°31'19"W |
Area Served: | Crestview, Florida |
Operator/Owner: | Okaloosa County, Florida |
Airport Type: | Public use |
Elevation: | 213 feet (65 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEW |
More Information: | CEW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COF / KCOF |
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Location: | Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°14'5"N by 80°36'35"W |
View all routes: | Routes from COF |
More Information: | COF Maps & Info |
Facts about Bob Sikes Airport (CEW):
- Bob Sikes Airport (CEW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Bob Sikes Airport (CEW) is Duke FieldEglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #3 (EGI), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) S of CEW.
- Because of Bob Sikes Airport's relatively low elevation of 213 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Sikes 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 furthest airport from Bob Sikes Airport (CEW) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,171 miles (17,978 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- Five of the victims of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996 were home stationed at Patrick AFB as part of the 71st Rescue Squadron.
- Authorized by the Naval Expansion Act of 1938, Naval Air Station Banana River was commissioned on October 1, 1940 as a subordinate base of the Naval Air Operational Training Command NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
- The host wing for Patrick AFB is the 45th Space Wing, whose officers and airmen manage all launches of unmanned rockets at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 12 miles to the north.
- The furthest airport from Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,550 miles (18,587 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- The 920th Rescue Wing, part of Air Force Reserve Command, is another tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB and is the installation's only military flying unit.
- The closest airport to Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Merritt Island Airport (COI), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of COF.
- The 9/11 attacks prompted the Air Force to close the heavily used 4-lane State Road A1A, which ran immediately in front of the AFTAC Headquarters building.