Nonstop flight route between Lompoc, California, United States and Franca, São Paulo, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States and Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (FRC), Franca, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,131 miles (or 9,866 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Ten. Lund Presetto State 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 Vandenberg Air Force Base and Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VBG / KVBG |
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Location: | Lompoc, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°43'57"N by 120°34'5"W |
View all routes: | Routes from VBG |
More Information: | VBG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRC / SIMK |
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Location: | Franca, São Paulo, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°35'25"S by 47°22'57"W |
Area Served: | Franca |
Operator/Owner: | DAESP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3291 feet (1,003 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FRC |
More Information: | FRC Maps & Info |
Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):
- The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
- 4th Space Launch Squadron
- General Cooke was a cavalry officer whose military career spanned almost half a century, beginning with his graduation from West Point in 1827 to his retirement in 1873.
- In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
- The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- Joint Functional Component Command for Space
- 30th Operations Group
- In September 1956, Secretary of the Air Force, Donald A.
Facts about Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (FRC):
- Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (FRC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (FRC) is Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport (RAO), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) SW of FRC.
- Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport handled 2,105 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport", another name for FRC is "Aeroporto Estadual Ten. Lund Presetto".
- The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
- The furthest airport from Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (FRC) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport (meaning Ten. Lund Presetto State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,064 miles (19,414 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- The airport is located 7 km from downtown Franca.