Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Efogi, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Efogi Airport (EFG), Efogi, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,042 miles (or 14,551 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 Efogi 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 Efogi 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: | EFG / AYEF |
Airport Name: | Efogi Airport |
Location: | Efogi, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°9'20"S by 147°39'35"E |
Elevation: | 3800 feet (1,158 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EFG |
More Information: | EFG Maps & Info |
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- NAS Banana River was transferred to the United States Air Force on September 1, 1948 and renamed the Joint Long Range Proving Ground on June 10, 1949.
- At 19:50, the tanker SS Gaines Mills reported seeing a mid-air explosion, then flames leaping 100 feet high and burning on the sea for 10 minutes.
- 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.
- On May 3, 1951, the Long Range Proving Ground Division was assigned to the newly created Air Research and Development Command.
- 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.
- 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 Air Force Technical Applications Center is a tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
Facts about Efogi Airport (EFG):
- The closest airport to Efogi Airport (EFG) is Haelogo Airport (HEO), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) WNW of EFG.
- The furthest airport from Efogi Airport (EFG) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- Efogi Airport (EFG) currently has only 1 runway.