Nonstop flight route between Halmstad, Sweden and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Halmstad Airport (HAD), Halmstad, Sweden and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,823 miles (or 7,762 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 Halmstad 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 Halmstad 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 Halmstad Airport (HAD):

• The closest airport to Halmstad Airport (HAD) is Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (AGH), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) S of HAD.
• The furthest airport from Halmstad Airport (HAD) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,459 miles (18,441 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Halmstad Airport", another name for HAD is "Halmstad City Airport".
• Halmstad Airport (HAD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Halmstad Airport's relatively low elevation of 101 feet, planes can take off or land at Halmstad 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.

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.
• The rapid demobilization after the war led these units to be inactivated during 1946.
• The host unit at MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.
• Air defense of the Tampa Bay area was the mission of the 53d Pursuit Group, established at MacDIll on 15 January 1941.
• MacDill AFB was established in 1939 as Southeast Air Base, Tampa.
• In addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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 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.