Nonstop flight route between Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO), Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,394 miles (or 15,118 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 Dubbo City Regional 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 Dubbo City Regional Airport and MacDill Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO):

• The furthest airport from Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located 11,975 miles (19,272 kilometers) away in Horta, Azores, Portugal.
• Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) has 2 runways.
• Dubbo Airport was ranked 36th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served in financial year 2010-2011.
• Because of Dubbo City Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 935 feet, planes can take off or land at Dubbo City Regional 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 resides at an elevation of 935 ft above sea level.
• The Mayor of Dubbo, Mathew Dickerson, stated that the council wouldn't back down on the screenings and also stating that "I don't want to be the mayor when a Dubbo plane hits the Harbour Bridge because passengers were not screened".
• In addition to being known as "Dubbo City Regional Airport", another name for DBO is "Dubbo City Airport".
• The closest airport to Dubbo City Regional Airport (DBO) is Mudgee Airport (DGE), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of DBO.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• 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.
• 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.
• In late 1943, when Second Air Force began transitioning to B-29 Superfortress training, the B-17 mission returned to MacDill which continued through the end of World War II.
• Flying operations at MacDill began in 1941 with the base's first mission being the defense of Gulf of Mexico.
• The host unit at MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.
• The base also supports the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".