Nonstop flight route between Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Bossier City, Louisiana, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil and Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD), Bossier City, Louisiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,744 miles (or 7,635 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base, 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 Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport and Barksdale Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF):

• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport handled 677,264 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) ENE of MGF.
• In addition to being known as "Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport", another name for MGF is "Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior".
• The airport is located 12 km from downtown Maringá.
• The furthest airport from Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (meaning Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• The airport serves an area composed of the city of Maringá and neighboring communities, with a total number of 2 million inhabitants.

Facts about Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD):

• Barksdale AFB was established in 1932 as Barksdale Field and is named for World War I aviator and test pilot Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale.
• As early as 1924, the citizens of Shreveport became interested in hosting a military flying field.
• In the postwar year of the 1940s, Barksdale then became headquarters for the Air Training Command from 1945 to 1949.
• The base is closed to the public.
• Airships were still in use when field construction began, so Hangars One and Two were built large enough to accommodate them.
• With the arrival of the 376th Bomb wing in October 1951, the decision was made to reassign the 91st.
• The furthest airport from Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 10,884 miles (17,516 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Barksdale Air Force Base", another name for BAD is "Barksdale AFB".
• The closest airport to Barksdale Air Force Base (BAD) is Shreveport Downtown Airport (DTN), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) WNW of BAD.