Nonstop flight route between Tampa, Florida, United States and Sucre, Bolivia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States and Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), Sucre, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,436 miles (or 5,530 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 Juana Azurduy de Padilla International 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 Juana Azurduy de Padilla International 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 February 1945, the 323d Combat Crew Training Wing was established at the base with a mission of training B-29 Superfortress aircrews.
• 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.
• Detachment 1 of the 23d Wing is unique in that it hosts the Deployed Unit Complex at MacDill AFB, providing flight line and logistical support for detachments of Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps tactical jet fighter and attack aircraft utilizing the nearby Avon Park Air Force Range facility, the Avon Range also being operated and maintained by Det 1, 23d Wing.
• The 6 AMW also has a collocated "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing of the Air Force Reserve 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.
• 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 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.

Facts about Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE):

• Though Sucre is Bolivia's constitutional capital city, Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is not the largest airport in the country.
• In addition to being known as "Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport", another name for SRE is "Aeropuerto Internacional Juana Azurduy de Padilla".
• The closest airport to Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) is Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB), which is located 124 miles (200 kilometers) NNW of SRE.
• Because of Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport's high elevation of 9,527 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SRE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SRE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) is Zhuhai Jinwan Airport (ZUH), which is nearly antipodal to Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (meaning Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhuhai Jinwan Airport), and is located 12,212 miles (19,654 kilometers) away in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
• The only runway at Juana Azurduy de Padilla is 9400 feet in length, and is at an altitude of 9,528 feet.
• Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) currently has only 1 runway.