Nonstop flight route between Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Camp Springs, Maryland, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Andrews Field (ADW), Camp Springs, Maryland, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,455 miles (or 7,170 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 Ponta Porã International Airport and Andrews Field, 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 Ponta Porã International Airport and Andrews Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG):

• The furthest airport from Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Ponta Porã International Airport (meaning Ponta Porã International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,328 miles (19,840 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
• Ponta Porã International Airport is the airport serving Ponta Porã, Brazil.
• Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 4 km from downtown Ponta Porã.
• The airport was opened on March 11, 1955, and it is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• The closest airport to Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG) is Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) SW of PMG.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• In addition to being known as "Ponta Porã International Airport", another name for PMG is "Aeroporto Internacional de Ponta Porã".
• Ponta Porã International Airport handled 3,288 passengers last year.

Facts about Andrews Field (ADW):

• Union American Civil War used a country church near Camp Springs, Maryland for sleeping quarters and on 25 August 1941, President Roosevelt directed use of the land for an airfield.
• The closest airport to Andrews Field (ADW) is Bolling Air Force Base (BOF), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) WNW of ADW.
• When the body of assassinated President Kennedy arrived at Andrews from Dallas, Texas, at 6:08 pm on 22 November 1963, the air terminal was jammed with thousands of people, including the largest gathering of news media representatives ever assembled on Andrews AFB.
• Andrews Air Force Base was designated on 24 June 1948, and in June 1950, Andrews rapidly became involved in combat readiness training for B-25 Mitchell medium bomber crews.
• Andrews Air Force Base is located at 38°48′13″N 76°52′17″W / 38.80361°N 76.87139°W / 38.80361.
• The furthest airport from Andrews Field (ADW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,691 miles (18,815 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Andrews transferred from the Army to the 1947 United States Air Force and Headquarters Command held command reins at Andrews from 1947 through 1952 and again after 1957.