Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Nulato, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Nulato Airport (NUL), Nulato, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,102 miles (or 6,602 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 Nulato 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 Nulato 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):

• 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.
• NAS Banana River closed in September 1947 after a gradual deactivation and was placed in a caretaker status.
• Present Day:Brig Gen Nina Armagno
• 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".
• In 1971, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute was established at Patrick AFB.
• The base is a census-designated place and had a resident population of 1,222 at the 2010 census.
• 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.
• 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 Nulato Airport (NUL):

• Nulato Airport covers an area of 146 acres at an elevation of 399 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Nulato Airport (NUL) is Koyukuk Airport (KYU), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) NE of NUL.
• The furthest airport from Nulato Airport (NUL) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,314 miles (16,599 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• Nulato Airport (NUL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Nulato Airport's relatively low elevation of 399 feet, planes can take off or land at Nulato 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.