Nonstop flight route between Dourados, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), Dourados, Minas Gerais, Brazil and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,918 miles (or 6,305 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 Francisco de Matos Pereira 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 Francisco de Matos Pereira 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:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DOU / SSDO |
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| Location: | Dourados, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°12'2"S by 54°55'32"W |
| Area Served: | Dourados |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1503 feet (458 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DOU |
| More Information: | DOU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCF / KMCF |
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| Location: | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°50'57"N by 82°31'15"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from MCF |
| More Information: | MCF Maps & Info |
Facts about Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU):
- Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (meaning Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,771 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
- The closest airport to Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) is Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) WSW of DOU.
- In addition to being known as "Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport", other names for DOU include "Aeroporto Francisco de Matos Pereira" and "SBDO".
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- 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 addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
- The rapid demobilization after the war led these units to be inactivated during 1946.
- 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 6 AMW also has a collocated "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command.
- 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.
- MacDill AFB was established in 1939 as Southeast Air Base, Tampa.
- In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
