Nonstop flight route between Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Junction City, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tefé Airport (TFF), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI), Junction City, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,571 miles (or 5,747 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 Tefé Airport and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall 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 Tefé Airport and Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall 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 Tefé Airport (TFF):

• Tefé Airport (TFF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tefé Airport", another name for TFF is "Aeroporto de Tefé".
• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Tefé.
• The furthest airport from Tefé Airport (TFF) is Long Lellang Airport (LGL), which is nearly antipodal to Tefé Airport (meaning Tefé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Long Lellang Airport), and is located 12,428 miles (20,001 kilometers) away in Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• Tefé Airport handled 79,624 passengers last year.
• Because of Tefé Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Tefé 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 Tefé Airport (TFF) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ESE of TFF.

Facts about Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI):

• In March 1950, after 86 pilots had graduated, the school was moved to Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan.
• In addition to being known as "Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base", another name for FRI is "Marshall AAF".
• In March 1926, Arnold, then a major, returned as air base commander.
• Late in 1946 the Army Cavalry School and the Cavalry Intelligence School at Fort Riley were inactivated and the Ground General School was established there.
• The closest airport to Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NE of FRI.
• One of the oldest military airfields in the United States, Marshall Army Airfield at Fort Riley, made its first appearance in history in November 1912 as the site of the first attempts in the United States to direct artillery fire from an airplane.
• After the departure of the 1st Observation Squadron from Fort Riley, the 6th Observation Squadron was activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on 7 February 1942 to take its place at the Cavalry School.
• The furthest airport from Marshall Army AirfieldMarshall Air Force Base (FRI) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,654 miles (17,146 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.