Nonstop flight route between Guayaramerín, Bolivia and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guayaramerín Airport (GYA), Guayaramerín, Bolivia and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,909 miles (or 4,681 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 Guayaramerín 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 Guayaramerín 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: | GYA / SLGY |
| Airport Name: | Guayaramerín Airport |
| Location: | Guayaramerín, Bolivia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 10°49'18"S by 65°20'44"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 557 feet (170 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GYA |
| More Information: | GYA 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 Guayaramerín Airport (GYA):
- Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) is Riberalta Airport (RIB), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) WSW of GYA.
- Because of Guayaramerín Airport's relatively low elevation of 557 feet, planes can take off or land at Guayaramerín 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 furthest airport from Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) is Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPS), which is nearly antipodal to Guayaramerín Airport (meaning Guayaramerín Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Puerto Princesa International Airport), and is located 12,148 miles (19,550 kilometers) away in Puerto Princesa City, Philippines.
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- MacDill Field was one of two major Army Air Corps bases established in the Tampa Bay area in the buildup prior to World War II.
- The rapid demobilization after the war led these units to be inactivated during 1946.
- In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
- Estimates of the number of crew members trained at the base during the war vary from 50,000 to 120,000, with as many as 15,000 troops were stationed at MacDill Field at one time.
- 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.
- MacDill has a total of 38 tenant units according to the official MacDill website."MacDill Air Force Base Units".
- Air defense of the Tampa Bay area was the mission of the 53d Pursuit Group, established at MacDIll on 15 January 1941.
- 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.
- The host unit at MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.
