Nonstop flight route between Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR), Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,599 miles (or 7,401 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 Laguna de los Patos International Airport and MacDill Air Force Base, 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 Laguna de los Patos International Airport and MacDill Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

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Facts about Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR):

• Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Laguna de los Patos International Airport", another name for CYR is "Aeropuerto Internacional Laguna de los Patos".
• Former operators at Colonia Airport were ARCO, Aero Uruguay and LAPA flying between Colonia and Buenos Aires-Aeroparque.
• The furthest airport from Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) is Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Laguna de los Patos International Airport (meaning Laguna de los Patos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yancheng Nanyang Airport), and is located 12,301 miles (19,796 kilometers) away in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
• Because of Laguna de los Patos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Laguna de los Patos International 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.
• The airport is located 17 km from downtown Colonia del Sacramento along route 1.
• The closest airport to Laguna de los Patos International Airport (CYR) is La Plata Airport (LPG), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of CYR.
• Laguna de los Patos International Airport is the airport serving Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• Several bases in Florida, including MacDill, served as detention centers for German prisoners-of-war in the latter part of 1944 and 1945.
• After the war in Europe had broken out in September 1939, fears of Nazi U-Boats attacking American shipping in the Gulf of Mexico was the concern of the War Department.
• The 44th Bombardment Group was activated at MacDill on 15 January 1941 equipped with the Consolidated B-24A Liberator.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• The closest airport to MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of MCF.
• Also located at MacDill are a division of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Joint Communications Support Element, the Florida Air National Guard's 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, the Navy Reserve Forces Command's Navy Operational Support Center Tampa, the US Army's 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, activities of the U.S.
• In addition to the antisubmarine mission, another prewar mission of MacDill was "Project X" the ferrying of combat aircraft eastward to the Philippines via ferrying routes set up by Ferrying Command over South Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa.
• The furthest airport from MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.