Nonstop flight route between Sumter, South Carolina, United States and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, United States and Campo Grande International Airport (CGR), Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,127 miles (or 6,642 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 Campo Grande International 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 Campo Grande International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SSC / KSSC |
| Airport Name: | Shaw Air Force Base |
| Location: | Sumter, South Carolina, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°58'23"N by 80°28'22"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from SSC |
| More Information: | SSC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGR / SBCG |
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| Location: | Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°28'9"S by 54°40'13"W |
| Area Served: | Campo Grande |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 1834 feet (559 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CGR |
| More Information: | CGR Maps & Info |
Facts about Shaw Air Force Base (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.
- The 66th TRW was formed at Shaw from the RB-26 assets of the 18th TRS and RF-80s transferred from South Korea.
- On 23 September 1949 the 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was transferred to the 20th from the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Langley AFB Virginia.
- Following Desert Storm, the 19th and 33d Tactical Fighter Squadrons deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, a coalition effort to enforce the Iraqi "No Fly Zone" south of the 32nd parallel north.
- The closest airport to Shaw Air Force Base (SSC) is Sumter Airport (SUM), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) ENE of SSC.
- For a brief time, Shaw Field also served as a prisoner-of-war camp.
- On 1 April 1945 jurisdiction of Shaw Field was transferred to First Air Force.
- On 25 June 1953, the 66th TRW departed Shaw, being reassigned to Sembach Air Base, West Germany.
Facts about Campo Grande International Airport (CGR):
- Campo Grande International Airport, sometimes also informally referred to as Antônio João Airport, after the neighborhood where it is located, is the airport serving Campo Grande, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), which is located 121 miles (194 kilometers) S of CGR.
- Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Campo Grande International Airport handled 1,648,143 passengers last year.
- Since 1975 it is operated by Infraero.
- The furthest airport from Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) is Basco Airport (BSO), which is nearly antipodal to Campo Grande International Airport (meaning Campo Grande International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Basco Airport), and is located 12,220 miles (19,666 kilometers) away in Basco, Batanes, Philippines.
- In addition to being known as "Campo Grande International Airport", another name for CGR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Campo Grande".
