Nonstop flight route between Macon, Georgia, United States and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN), Macon, Georgia, United States and Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 333 miles (or 535 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 Middle Georgia Regional Airport and Tampa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN):

• The closest airport to Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) is Robins Air Force Base (WRB), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of MCN.
• The furthest airport from Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,352 miles (18,270 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) has 2 runways.
• Because of Middle Georgia Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 354 feet, planes can take off or land at Middle Georgia Regional 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 two Army built hangars still exist along with a few old warehouses.
• The City of Macon and Bibb County obtained options on the desired tracts of land.

Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):

• The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• After World War II, Drew Field was given back to the City of Tampa.
• Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
• The 1952 terminal was congested as larger jets replaced piston airliners and it was again expanded.
• The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
• There has been a propensity in local Tampa Bay area news media outlets and other business and governmental entities in the Tampa Bay region outside of the professional aviation community to refer to the airport as "TIA" versus the airport's actual airport code of "TPA" in either reporting or reference.
• Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa International 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 1952 terminal, built for three airlines, was swamped after the Civil Aeronautics Board granted Capital, Delta, Northeast, Northwest and Trans World Airlines authority to Tampa in the late 1950s.
• The original TPA airsides were designed in the mid-1960s as four identical facilities.