Nonstop flight route between São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,963 miles (or 7,987 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 Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport and Dyess 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 Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport and Dyess 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 Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP):

• The closest airport to Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) is Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) ENE of SJP.
• In addition to being known as "Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport", another name for SJP is "Aeroporto Estadual Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino".
• Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport handled 770,569 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (meaning Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,452 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• Shortly after the Korean War broke out, the city of Abilene called for the need of a military installation.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• The 96th Bombardment Wing moved to Dyess on 8 September 1957 and for a few years worked alongside the 341st.
• The 77th and 69th groups were units that trained reconnaissance personnel who later served overseas.
• The closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.
• The furthest airport from Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,080 miles (17,831 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing of the Air Combat Command, which was activated on 1 October 1993.
• In the 1997, Dyess' C-130s were transferred back to Air Mobility Command, and the 317th Airlift Group was created as the parent unit for Dyess' C-130 squadrons.