Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Cobán Airport (CBV), Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala would travel a Great Circle distance of 993 miles (or 1,599 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 relatively short distance between MacDill Air Force Base and Cobán Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (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.
• 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.
• On 24 June 1945 a hurricane hit the Tampa area, and the B-17 aircraft were evacuated to Vichy Army Airfield, Missouri.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• The base also supports the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.
• In addition to the antisubmarine mission, another prewar mission of MacDill was "Project X" the ferrying of combat aircraft eastward to the Philippines via ferrying routes set up by Ferrying Command over South Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa.
• MacDill has a total of 38 tenant units according to the official MacDill website."MacDill Air Force Base Units".
• Flying operations at MacDill began in 1941 with the base's first mission being the defense of Gulf of Mexico.

Facts about Cobán Airport (CBV):

• Because of Cobán Airport's high elevation of 4,339 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CBV. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CBV a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Cobán Airport (CBV) is Quiché Airport (AQB), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) WSW of CBV.
• Cobán Airport (CBV) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Cobán Airport", another name for CBV is "Aerodomo de Cobán".
• The furthest airport from Cobán Airport (CBV) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,901 miles (19,153 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.