Nonstop flight route between Dover, Delaware, United States and Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,715 miles (or 5,979 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 Dover Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão 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 Dover Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• On April 1, 1952, Dover was transferred to the Military Air Transport Service and became home to 1607th Air Transport Wing.
• The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• After the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the remains of the seven astronauts were transferred to Dover AFB.
• Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
• Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.
• It is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum.
• Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located 2 miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.
• Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing of the Air Mobility Command, known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, referred to as the "Liberty Wing".
• * Base put on temporary inactive status, September 1, 1946 – August 1, 1950.

Facts about Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH):

• Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU), which is nearly antipodal to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (meaning Brigadeiro Camarão Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco B. Reyes Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,948 kilometers) away in Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
• In addition to being known as "Brigadeiro Camarão Airport", another name for BVH is "Aeroporto Brigadeiro Camarão".
• The closest airport to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Juína Airport (JIA), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) NE of BVH.