Nonstop flight route between Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Juwata Airport (TRK), Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,902 miles (or 15,935 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 Juwata Airport and MacDill 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 Juwata Airport and MacDill 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 Juwata Airport (TRK):

• Juwata Airport handled 913 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Juwata Airport (TRK) is Bunyu Airport (BYQ), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of TRK.
• Because of Juwata Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Juwata 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.
• Juwata Airport (TRK) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Juwata Airport (TRK) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is nearly antipodal to Juwata Airport (meaning Juwata Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Coari Airport), and is located 12,363 miles (19,897 kilometers) away in Coari, Amazonas, Brazil.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• The furthest airport from MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• MacDill has a total of 38 tenant units according to the official MacDill website."MacDill Air Force Base Units".
• In addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
• The closest airport to MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NE of MCF.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• MacDill Field was one of two major Army Air Corps bases established in the Tampa Bay area in the buildup prior to World War II.
• After the war in Europe had broken out in September 1939, fears of Nazi U-Boats attacking American shipping in the Gulf of Mexico was the concern of the War Department.
• All of these airfields came under the jurisdiction of Third Air Force.
• In addition to the antisubmarine mission, another prewar mission of MacDill was "Project X" the ferrying of combat aircraft eastward to the Philippines via ferrying routes set up by Ferrying Command over South Atlantic Ocean and Central Africa.
• In an administrative reorganization by HQ Army Air Force, on 1 May 1944, numbered training units in the Zone of the Interior were re-designated as "Army Air Force Base Units".
• The base also supports the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.