Nonstop flight route between São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Tacoma, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Gray Army Airfield (GRF), Tacoma, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,520 miles (or 10,492 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 Gray Army Airfield, 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 Gray Army Airfield. 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 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.
• 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.
• Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport handled 770,569 passengers last year.
• Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport", another name for SJP is "Aeroporto Estadual Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino".

Facts about Gray Army Airfield (GRF):

• The Army Air Force closed its facilities in 1947.
• Gray Army Airfield (GRF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Gray Army Airfield", another name for GRF is "(Joint Base Lewis-McChord)".
• Because of Gray Army Airfield's relatively low elevation of 300 feet, planes can take off or land at Gray Army Airfield 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.
• During the Vietnam War, GAAF not only trained helicopter units, but fixed-wing aircraft units as well.
• The field is named in honor of Captain Lawrence C.
• Since 2005 the field has been experiencing another major expansion.
• The 1938 construction included two paved runways, a boiler plant, headquarters building, metal balloon hangar, six-plane hangar, corrugated-iron hangar, storehouse, flight-surgeon office, and film-storage building.
• The furthest airport from Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,809 miles (17,395 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The 91st Observation Squadron and aircraft of the 3rd Balloon Squadron operated out of the Fort Lewis airfield.
• The closest airport to Gray Army Airfield (GRF) is McChord Field/McChord AFB (TCM), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of GRF.