Nonstop flight route between Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Coari, Amazonas, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Moody Air Force Base (VAD), Valdosta, Georgia, United States and Coari Airport (CIZ), Coari, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,763 miles (or 4,446 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 Moody Air Force Base and Coari 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 Moody Air Force Base and Coari Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VAD / KVAD |
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Location: | Valdosta, Georgia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°58'4"N by 83°11'34"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VAD |
More Information: | VAD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CIZ / SWKO |
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Location: | Coari, Amazonas, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°8'2"S by 63°7'51"W |
Area Served: | Coari |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 131 feet (40 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CIZ |
More Information: | CIZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Moody Air Force Base (VAD):
- In addition to being known as "Moody Air Force Base", another name for VAD is "Moody AFB".
- To inject more realism into the training, ATC made arrangements with Strategic Air Command to allow instructor pilots to fly intercept missions against SAC bombers with F-86D Sabre, With the addition of interceptor crew training and the acquisition of interceptor aircraft, HQ USAF decided effective 20 October 1953 to assign ATC responsibility for supporting Air Defense Command's interceptor forces.
- As part of the realignment of the post Cold-War Air Force, HQ ACC converted and realigned the 347th Fighter Wing to the 347th Wing on 1 July 1994, with a new mission being that of a force projection, air/land composite wing.
- The closest airport to Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Valdosta Regional AirportValdosta Army Auxiliary Airfield (VLD), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSW of VAD.
- On 30 June 1975, the Secretary of the Air Force announced that Moody would transfer from ATC to Tactical Air Command on 1 December 1975.
- The 93d Air Ground Operations Wing is a non-flying active support wing activated on 25 January 2008.
- Following the end of the war, activity at Moody diminished to the point that 24 of the 93 A-26s had to be placed in flyable storage.
- The furthest airport from Moody Air Force Base (VAD) is Kalbarri Airport (KAX), which is located 11,363 miles (18,286 kilometers) away in Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Coari Airport (CIZ):
- In addition to being known as "Coari Airport", another name for CIZ is "Aeroporto de Coari".
- Coari Airport (CIZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Coari Airport (CIZ) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) WNW of CIZ.
- Because of Coari Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Coari 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 furthest airport from Coari Airport (CIZ) is Nunukan Airport (NNX), which is nearly antipodal to Coari Airport (meaning Coari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Nunukan Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Nunukan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.