Nonstop flight route between Tulare, California, United States and João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mefford Field (TLR), Tulare, California, United States and Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,198 miles (or 9,975 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 Mefford Field and Presidente Castro Pinto 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 Mefford Field and Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mefford Field (TLR):

• As Rankin Academy moved to its permanent site, Mefford Field returned to daily operations as a civilian airfield, which it continues to do to this day.
• In addition to being known as "Mefford Field", another name for TLR is "Tulare Airport".
• The furthest airport from Mefford Field (TLR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,364 miles (18,289 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Because of Mefford Field's relatively low elevation of 265 feet, planes can take off or land at Mefford Field 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 Mefford Field (TLR) is Visalia Municipal AirportVisalia Army Airfield (VIS), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNW of TLR.
• Rankin Field became one of the 62 civilian-owned flying schools in the U.S.
• Mefford Field (TLR) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA):

• The closest airport to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA) is Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) W of JPA.
• Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport is the airport serving João Pessoa, Brazil located in the adjoining municipality of Bayeux.
• Because of Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport's relatively low elevation of 215 feet, planes can take off or land at Presidente Castro Pinto International 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 airport was officially opened on August 20, 1957 and since February 1, 1979 it is administrated by Infraero.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• In addition to being known as "Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport", another name for JPA is "Aeroporto Internacional Presidente Castro Pinto".
• Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Between 1980 and 1981 Infraero conducted major renovations and enlargements of the runway, taxiways and apron.
• The furthest airport from Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (meaning Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Falalop Airfield), and is located 12,026 miles (19,354 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport handled 1,230,230 passengers last year.