Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY), Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,380 miles (or 13,487 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Bellona/Anua 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Bellona/Anua Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BNY / AGGB |
Airport Name: | Bellona/Anua Airport |
Location: | Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°18'6"S by 159°47'53"E |
View all routes: | Routes from BNY |
More Information: | BNY Maps & Info |
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.
- Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
- The Eastern Range supported a variety of missile and manned and unmanned space programs in the 1960s, making it a regular focus of media attention.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY):
- The closest airport to Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY) is Mbambanakira Airport (MBU), which is located 107 miles (173 kilometers) N of BNY.
- The furthest airport from Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY) is Cap Skirring Airport (CSK), which is nearly antipodal to Bellona/Anua Airport (meaning Bellona/Anua Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cap Skirring Airport), and is located 12,191 miles (19,619 kilometers) away in Cap Skirring, Senegal.