Nonstop flight route between Jimma, Ethiopia and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aba Segud Airport (JIM), Jimma, Ethiopia and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,706 miles (or 12,402 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 Aba Segud 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 Aba Segud 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 Aba Segud Airport (JIM):

• The closest airport to Aba Segud Airport (JIM) is Gore Airport (GOR), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) WNW of JIM.
• In addition to being known as "Aba Segud Airport", another name for JIM is "Jimma Airport".
• The furthest airport from Aba Segud Airport (JIM) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Aba Segud Airport (meaning Aba Segud Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,500 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
• Because of Aba Segud Airport's high elevation of 5,587 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIM. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIM a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Aba Segud Airport (JIM) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• 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.
• On 24 June 1945 a hurricane hit the Tampa area, and the B-17 aircraft were evacuated to Vichy Army Airfield, Missouri.
• 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 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".
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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.