Nonstop flight route between Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil and Big Spring, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS), Big Spring, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,232 miles (or 8,420 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 Campo dos Amarais State Airport and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield, 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 Campo dos Amarais State Airport and Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ):

• The closest airport to Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) is Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) S of CPQ.
• In addition to being known as "Campo dos Amarais State Airport", another name for CPQ is "Aeroporto Estadual Campo dos Amarais".
• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• The airport is located 8 km from downtown Campinas.
• It is operated by DAESP.
• Campo dos Amarais State Airport handled 28,194 passengers last year.
• Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Campo dos Amarais State Airport (meaning Campo dos Amarais State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,206 miles (19,644 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS):

• The base was declared surplus and was turned over to the War Assets Administration after being closed.
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• The furthest airport from Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,166 miles (17,969 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• At that time, nearly 6,000 students had graduated and the field's training aircraft had flown approximately 400,000 hours and more than 60 million miles.
• Instruction of the first class began in April 1952.
• The closest airport to Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Army Airfield (BGS) is Midland Airpark (MDD), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) WSW of BGS.
• The facility first was used by the United States Army Air Forces as Big Spring Army Air Field, opening on 28 April 1942 as part of the Central Flying Training Command.
• In August 1972, ATC established a pilot instructor training course for Vietnamese Air Force instructors at Webb AFB, Texas.