Nonstop flight route between Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Altus, Oklahoma, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tefé Airport (TFF), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Altus Air Force Base (LTS), Altus, Oklahoma, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,455 miles (or 5,560 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 Altus 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 Altus Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Tefé Airport (TFF):

• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Tefé.
• The closest airport to Tefé Airport (TFF) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ESE of TFF.
• Tefé Airport (TFF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Tefé Airport handled 79,624 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Tefé Airport", another name for TFF is "Aeroporto de 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.
• 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.

Facts about Altus Air Force Base (LTS):

• Altus AFB, through its host 97 AMW, provides quality training to produce the finest combat-ready aircrew members for the United States Air Force.
• In addition to being known as "Altus Air Force Base", another name for LTS is "Altus AFB".
• The closest airport to Altus Air Force Base (LTS) is Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional Airport (AXS), which is located only 5 miles (7 kilometers) WNW of LTS.
• Altus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles east-northeast of Altus, Oklahoma.
• The furthest airport from Altus Air Force Base (LTS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,958 miles (17,635 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The base would only sit idle for a few years.
• The 97 AMW discontinued FTU responsibilities for the C-141 concurrent with that aircraft's retirement from the USAF inventory in 2006.
• In 1967, the Air Force began searching for a base that could handle the training for its strategic airlift fleet, the C-141 Starlifter and its newest and largest transport aircraft, the C-5 Galaxy.