Nonstop flight route between Kamalpur, India and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kamalpur Airport (IXQ), Kamalpur, India and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,825 miles (or 14,203 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 Kamalpur 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 Kamalpur 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 Kamalpur Airport (IXQ):

• Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Kamalpur Airport", other names for IXQ include "कमालपुर हवाई अड्डे" and "KAMALPUR".
• The closest airport to Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) is Khowai Airport (IXN), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of IXQ.
• Because of Kamalpur Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Kamalpur 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 Kamalpur Airport (IXQ) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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.
• Beginning in January 1944, the 11th Photographic Group used MacDill for its mission of photographic mapping in the US and sent detachments to carry out similar operations in Africa, the CBI theater, the Near and Middle East, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and the Caribbean.
• Two secondary Army Airfields, Brooksville Army Airfield and Hillsborough Army Airfield were built and opened in early 1942 to support the flight operations of MacDill and Drew Fields.
• The 29th Bombardment Group was moved to MacDill from Langley Field, Virginia on 21 May 1940.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
• The host unit at MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the Air Mobility Command's 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.