Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Itaituba, Pará, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Itaituba Airport (ITB), Itaituba, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,778 miles (or 4,470 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 Itaituba 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 Itaituba 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: | ITB / SBIH |
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Location: | Itaituba, Pará, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°14'31"S by 56°0'2"W |
Area Served: | Itaituba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 108 feet (33 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ITB |
More Information: | ITB Maps & Info |
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- United States Air Force
- Adjacent to the 920 RQW's facilities is the NASA Flight Operations Facility, which provides support for NASA's permanently based UH-1H helicopters supporting KSC and transient NASA fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-38 Talon.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
- During investigation by a board of inquiry regarding the entire Flight 19 incident, attention was given to the loss of the NAS Banana River-based PBM.
- 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.
- US Navy Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft, part of Operation Looking Glass, were sometimes seen at Patrick AFB during the 2010-11 time frame and were often mistaken by onlookers for the previously retired VC-137 Presidential aircraft, which looks similar.
Facts about Itaituba Airport (ITB):
- The furthest airport from Itaituba Airport (ITB) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is nearly antipodal to Itaituba Airport (meaning Itaituba Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Tahuna, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Itaituba Airport (ITB) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 121 miles (195 kilometers) NNW of ITB.
- In addition to being known as "Itaituba Airport", another name for ITB is "Aeroporto de Itaituba".
- Itaituba Airport (ITB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Itaituba Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at Itaituba 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.