Nonstop flight route between Lençõis, Bahia, Brazil and Dover, Delaware, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC), Lençõis, Bahia, Brazil and Dover Air Force Base (DOV), Dover, Delaware, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,191 miles (or 6,744 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 Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport and Dover 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 Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport and Dover 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 Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC):

• Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC) is Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ), which is located 153 miles (247 kilometers) WSW of LEC.
• The furthest airport from Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (LEC) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is nearly antipodal to Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport (meaning Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Falalop Airfield), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• In addition to being known as "Coronel Horácio de Mattos Airport", another name for LEC is "Aeroporto Coronel Horácio de Mattos".

Facts about Dover Air Force Base (DOV):

• Some of the more memorable flights during the post-war period included the airdrop and test firing of a Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile and the delivery of a 40-ton superconducting magnet to Moscow during the Cold War, for which the crew received the Mackay Trophy.
• Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime.
• Two sections of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse collapsed on February 18, 2003, as a result of a record snow storm.
• In 1992, with the disestablishment of Military Air Command, Dover AFB was transferred to the newly established Air Mobility Command and the 436 MAW and 512 MAW were redesignated as the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, respectively.
• In addition to being known as "Dover Air Force Base", another name for DOV is "Dover AFB".
• Full operational capability was restored to Dover in September, and seven P-47 Thunderbolt squadrons arrived for training in preparation for eventual involvement in the European Theater.
• The furthest airport from Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,750 miles (18,909 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Dover Air Force Base (DOV) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) NE of DOV.