Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH), Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,178 miles (or 5,115 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 MacDill Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport, 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 MacDill Air Force Base and Brigadeiro Camarão Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BVH / SBVH |
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| Location: | Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 12°41'39"S by 60°5'49"W |
| Area Served: | Vilhena |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2018 feet (615 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BVH |
| More Information: | BVH Maps & Info |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- MacDill Air Force Base is an active United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.
- Flying operations at MacDill began in 1941 with the base's first mission being the defense of Gulf of Mexico.
- On 21 March 1946, Continental Air Command was redesignated as Strategic Air Command.
- 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.
Facts about Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH):
- The furthest airport from Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU), which is nearly antipodal to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (meaning Brigadeiro Camarão Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco B. Reyes Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,948 kilometers) away in Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
- In addition to being known as "Brigadeiro Camarão Airport", another name for BVH is "Aeroporto Brigadeiro Camarão".
- Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) is Juína Airport (JIA), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) NE of BVH.
