Nonstop flight route between Paragould, Arkansas, United States and Tampa, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kirk Field (PGR), Paragould, Arkansas, United States and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 735 miles (or 1,183 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 Kirk Field and MacDill Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGR / KPGR |
Airport Name: | Kirk Field |
Location: | Paragould, Arkansas, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°3'50"N by 90°30'33"W |
Area Served: | Paragould, Arkansas |
Operator/Owner: | City of Paragould |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 290 feet (88 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PGR |
More Information: | PGR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCF / KMCF |
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Location: | Tampa, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 27°50'57"N by 82°31'15"W |
View all routes: | Routes from MCF |
More Information: | MCF Maps & Info |
Facts about Kirk Field (PGR):
- Because of Kirk Field's relatively low elevation of 290 feet, planes can take off or land at Kirk Field 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.
- Kirk Field covers an area of 220 acres at an elevation of 290 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Kirk Field (PGR) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,984 miles (17,677 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Kirk Field (PGR) is Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) SSW of PGR.
- This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
- Kirk Field (PGR) has 2 runways.
Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):
- In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
- In addition to the antisubmarine mission, another prewar mission of MacDill was "Project X" the ferrying of combat aircraft eastward to the Philippines via ferrying routes set up by Ferrying Command over South Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa.
- The 927 ARW is commanded by Colonel David P.
- 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.
- 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.
- Several bases in Florida, including MacDill, served as detention centers for German prisoners-of-war in the latter part of 1944 and 1945.
- All of these airfields came under the jurisdiction of Third Air Force.