Nonstop flight route between Masvingo, Zimbabwe and Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from MVZ to COF:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- MVZ Airport Information
- COF Airport Information
- Facts about MVZ
- Facts about COF
- Map of Nearest Airports to MVZ
- List of Nearest Airports to MVZ
- Map of Furthest Airports from MVZ
- List of Furthest Airports from MVZ
- Map of Nearest Airports to COF
- List of Nearest Airports to COF
- Map of Furthest Airports from COF
- List of Furthest Airports from COF
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Masvingo Airport (MVZ), Masvingo, Zimbabwe and Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,134 miles (or 13,090 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 Masvingo 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 Masvingo Airport and Patrick Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MVZ / FVMV |
| Airport Name: | Masvingo Airport |
| Location: | Masvingo, Zimbabwe |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°3'19"S by 30°51'32"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3595 feet (1,096 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MVZ |
| More Information: | MVZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | COF / KCOF |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°14'5"N by 80°36'35"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from COF |
| More Information: | COF Maps & Info |
Facts about Masvingo Airport (MVZ):
- The furthest airport from Masvingo Airport (MVZ) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Masvingo Airport (meaning Masvingo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,052 miles (19,396 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Masvingo Airport (MVZ) is Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) WNW of MVZ.
- Masvingo Airport (MVZ) has 2 runways.
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- The Air Force Technical Applications Center is a tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB.
- The 9/11 attacks prompted the Air Force to close the heavily used 4-lane State Road A1A, which ran immediately in front of the AFTAC Headquarters building.
- At 19:50, the tanker SS Gaines Mills reported seeing a mid-air explosion, then flames leaping 100 feet high and burning on the sea for 10 minutes.
- 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.
- Adjacent to the 920 RQW's facilities is the NASA Flight Operations Facility, which provides support for NASA's permanently based UH-1H helicopters supporting KSC and transient NASA fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-38 Talon.
- United States Air Force
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
