Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI), Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,981 miles (or 17,672 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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder 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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder 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: | KGI / YPKG |
| Airport Name: | Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport |
| Location: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°47'21"S by 121°27'42"E |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1203 feet (367 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KGI |
| More Information: | KGI Maps & Info |
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI):
- The closest airport to Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI) is Kambalda Airport (KDB), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SSE of KGI.
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport handled 259,958 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (meaning Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,059 miles (19,408 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport (KGI) has 2 runways.
