Nonstop flight route between Pisco, Peru and Tacoma, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), Pisco, Peru and McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), Tacoma, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,084 miles (or 8,181 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 Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport and McChord Field/McChord AFB, 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 Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport and McChord Field/McChord AFB. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO):

• Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is located 114 miles (183 kilometers) SE of PIO.
• The furthest airport from Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO) is Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (REP), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (meaning Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport), and is located 12,414 miles (19,978 kilometers) away in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
• Because of Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport's relatively low elevation of 39 feet, planes can take off or land at Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International 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 McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM):

• The McChord Air Museum features exhibits about McChord Field and a collection of restored military aircraft.
• Following the end of the war in Europe, McChord redeployed thousands of troops arriving from the European theater to the Pacific as part of Air Transport Command.
• Because of McChord Field/McChord AFB's relatively low elevation of 322 feet, planes can take off or land at McChord Field/McChord AFB 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.
• In addition to being known as "McChord Field/McChord AFB", another name for TCM is "Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)".
• The closest airport to McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Gray Army Airfield (GRF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SW of TCM.
• McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) has 2 runways.
• Starting in mid-1943 the training of B-17 and B-24 replacement crews began to be phased out, as the Second Air Force began ramping up training of B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy bomb groups, destined for Twentieth Air Force.
• SeADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and the SAGE headquarters combat center came under the 25th Air Division.
• The furthest airport from McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,803 miles (17,386 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In 1968, McChord AFB was relieved of its assignment to the subsequently renamed Aerospace Defense Command and was reassigned to Military Airlift Command as one of three MAC bases in the western United States operating the C-141 Starlifter.