Nonstop flight route between Tacoma, Washington, United States and Guaíra, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gray Army Airfield (GRF), Tacoma, Washington, United States and Guaíra Municipal Airport (QGA), Guaíra, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,495 miles (or 10,453 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 Gray Army Airfield and Guaíra Municipal 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 Gray Army Airfield and Guaíra Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gray Army Airfield (GRF):

• Company A, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, conducts high-altitude search-and-rescue operations.
• The 91st Observation Squadron and aircraft of the 3rd Balloon Squadron operated out of the Fort Lewis airfield.
• The furthest airport from Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,809 miles (17,395 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Gray Army Airfield (GRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Gray Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Gray Army Airfield 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 1938 construction included two paved runways, a boiler plant, headquarters building, metal balloon hangar, six-plane hangar, corrugated-iron hangar, storehouse, flight-surgeon office, and film-storage building.
• After the Korean War, the 2d Aviation Company, of the 2d Infantry Division, which had been the first helicopter unit in Korea, returned to Fort Lewis with observation/spotter aircraft L-19 Bird Dogs, and L-20 Beavers, as well as H-23 Raven helicopters.
• In addition to being known as "Gray Army Airfield", another name for GRF is "(Joint Base Lewis-McChord)".
• The closest airport to Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of GRF.
• The 9th Cavalry Brigade in the 1980s developed air-assault strategies with their AH-1 Cobra helicopters based upon experiences learned in Vietnam.

Facts about Guaíra Municipal Airport (QGA):

• In addition to being known as "Guaíra Municipal Airport", another name for QGA is "Aeroporto Municipal de Guaíra".
• It is operated by the Municipality of Guaíra under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná.
• The closest airport to Guaíra Municipal Airport (QGA) is Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport (CAC), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) SE of QGA.
• Because of Guaíra Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 889 feet, planes can take off or land at Guaíra Municipal 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 10 km from downtown Guaíra.
• Guaíra Municipal Airport handled 181 passengers last year.
• Guaíra Municipal Airport is the airport serving Guaíra, Brazil.
• The furthest airport from Guaíra Municipal Airport (QGA) is Miyako Airport (MMY), which is nearly antipodal to Guaíra Municipal Airport (meaning Guaíra Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miyako Airport), and is located 12,378 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan.
• Guaíra Municipal Airport (QGA) currently has only 1 runway.