Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Pune, India:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Pune Airport (PNQ), Pune, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,863 miles (or 14,263 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 Pune 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 Pune Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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 Field was one of two major Army Air Corps bases established in the Tampa Bay area in the buildup prior to World War II.
• Several bases in Florida, including MacDill, served as detention centers for German prisoners-of-war in the latter part of 1944 and 1945.
• The 44th Bombardment Group was activated at MacDill on 15 January 1941 equipped with the Consolidated B-24A Liberator.
• The 6 AMW also has a collocated "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command.
• 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.
• MacDill AFB was established in 1939 as Southeast Air Base, Tampa.
• 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.

Facts about Pune Airport (PNQ):

• The AAI will invest nearly 200 million in 2012 for various expansion projects at the airport, include a three-storey administrative complex located near the entrance of the airport terminal building, new hangars for small private aircraft and a canopy on the city side of the airport terminal building.
• The closest airport to Pune Airport (PNQ) is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) WNW of PNQ.
• The airfield was established in 1939 as RAF Poona to provide air security to the city of Bombay.
• All the offices of the AAI and the Central Industrial Security Force will move to the new administrative block, creating more space in the terminal building.
• Pune Airport (PNQ) has 2 runways.
• There is a proposal of starting cargo facility from this airport.
• The furthest airport from Pune Airport (PNQ) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,807 miles (19,001 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Pune Airport", other names for PNQ include "पुणे विमानतळ" and "Puṇē vimānataḷa".