Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB), Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,179 miles (or 6,725 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 Tancredo Thomas de Faria 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 Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):

• In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
• NAS Banana River closed in September 1947 after a gradual deactivation and was placed in a caretaker status.
• Five of the victims of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996 were home stationed at Patrick AFB as part of the 71st Rescue Squadron.
• Three months after World War II, on December 5, 1945, NAS Banana River had an ancillary role in the disappearance of Flight 19, a formation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, which had departed NAS Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a routine over-water training mission.
• The Air Force Technical Applications Center is a tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB.
• 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.
• 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 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 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.

Facts about Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB):

• Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport handled 916 passengers last year.
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB) is José Cleto Airport (QVB), which is located 65 miles (104 kilometers) SSE of GPB.
• In addition to being known as "Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport", another name for GPB is "Aeroporto Tancredo Thomas de Faria".
• The furthest airport from Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (meaning Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,893 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.