Nonstop flight route between Sumter, South Carolina, United States and Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States and Barcelos Airport (BAZ), Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,670 miles (or 4,297 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 Shaw Air Force Base and Barcelos Airport, 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 Shaw Air Force Base and Barcelos Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (SSC):

• On 1 April 1945 jurisdiction of Shaw Field was transferred to First Air Force.
• Jurisdiction of Shaw was again transferred to Tactical Air Command on 23 March 1946.
• The 432nd's mission at Shaw AFB was to assume the reconnaissance training mission that was handled previously by the 363d TRW.
• Shaw Air Force Base is named in honor of World War I pilot 1st Lieutenant Ervin David Shaw.
• For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.
• As a result of the end of the Cold War, the Air Force made several dramatic changes with the inactivation and re-designation of wings and their units.
• The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
• The furthest airport from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,545 miles (18,580 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Barcelos Airport (BAZ):

• Barcelos Airport (BAZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Barcelos Airport", another name for BAZ is "Aeroporto de Barcelos".
• The furthest airport from Barcelos Airport (BAZ) is Bontang Airport (BXT), which is nearly antipodal to Barcelos Airport (meaning Barcelos Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bontang Airport), and is located 12,371 miles (19,910 kilometers) away in Bontang, Indonesia.
• Because of Barcelos Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Barcelos 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.
• The closest airport to Barcelos Airport (BAZ) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is located 207 miles (334 kilometers) SW of BAZ.