Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Brandywine Airport (OQN), West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 928 miles (or 1,493 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 Brandywine Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | OQN / KOQN |
| Airport Name: | Brandywine Airport |
| Location: | West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°59'24"N by 75°34'54"W |
| Area Served: | West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania |
| Operator/Owner: | New Brandywine Airport Club, Inc. |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 466 feet (142 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from OQN |
| More Information: | OQN Maps & Info |
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- 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".
- The 326th Army Air Forces Base Unit was reorganized into an Army Air Forces separation )unit to process military demobilizations.
- 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.
- 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.
- All of these airfields came under the jurisdiction of Third Air Force.
Facts about Brandywine Airport (OQN):
- The furthest airport from Brandywine Airport (OQN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,714 miles (18,852 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Brandywine Airport is a public-use airport in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, three miles northeast of West Chester.
- Because of Brandywine Airport's relatively low elevation of 466 feet, planes can take off or land at Brandywine Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Brandywine Airport (OQN) is Chester County G. O. Carlson Airport (CTH), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of OQN.
- Brandywine Airport (OQN) currently has only 1 runway.
