Nonstop flight route between Mosteiros, Cape Verde and Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mosteiros Airport (MTI), Mosteiros, Cape Verde and Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,694 miles (or 5,946 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 Mosteiros Airport and Patrick 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 Mosteiros Airport and Patrick 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 Mosteiros Airport (MTI):

• Mosteiros Airport (MTI) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mosteiros Airport", another name for MTI is "Mosteiros Airport (Mosteiros)".
• The closest airport to Mosteiros Airport (MTI) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) SW of MTI.
• The furthest airport from Mosteiros Airport (MTI) is Misima Airport (MIS), which is nearly antipodal to Mosteiros Airport (meaning Mosteiros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Misima Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,442 kilometers) away in Misima Island, Papua New Guinea.
• Because of Mosteiros Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Mosteiros 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.

Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):

• Three months after World War II, on December 5, 1945, NAS Banana River had an ancillary role in the disappearance of Flight 19, a formation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, which had departed NAS Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a routine over-water training mission.
• In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
• The base is a census-designated place and had a resident population of 1,222 at the 2010 census.
• The furthest airport from Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,550 miles (18,587 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Merritt Island Airport (COI), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of COF.
• Five of the victims of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996 were home stationed at Patrick AFB as part of the 71st Rescue Squadron.
• In 2010, the Air Force announced its intention to replace the existing AFTAC building front State Road A1A with a new facility that would cost in the range from $100 to $200 million.