Nonstop flight route between Ouarzazate, Morocco and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ), Ouarzazate, Morocco and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,465 miles (or 7,185 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 Ouarzazate Airport and MacDill 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 Ouarzazate Airport and MacDill 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 Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ):

• Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ouarzazate Airport handled 95,577 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) is Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK), which is located 81 miles (130 kilometers) NW of OZZ.
• In addition to being known as "Ouarzazate Airport", another name for OZZ is "مطار ورززات".
• The furthest airport from Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ) is Kaitaia Airport (KAT), which is nearly antipodal to Ouarzazate Airport (meaning Ouarzazate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kaitaia Airport), and is located 12,151 miles (19,555 kilometers) away in Kaitaia, New Zealand.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• MacDill Air Force Base is an active United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.
• 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 base also supports the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.
• The rapid demobilization after the war led these units to be inactivated during 1946.
• The 6th Air Mobility Wing is commanded by Colonel Scott V.
• All of these airfields came under the jurisdiction of Third Air Force.
• 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.
• Estimates of the number of crew members trained at the base during the war vary from 50,000 to 120,000, with as many as 15,000 troops were stationed at MacDill Field at one time.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• 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.