Nonstop flight route between Wildwood, New Jersey, United States and Panama City, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cape May Airport (WWD), Wildwood, New Jersey, United States and Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM), Panama City, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 864 miles (or 1,391 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 relatively short distance between Cape May Airport and Tyndall Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Cape May Airport (WWD):

• The closest airport to Cape May Airport (WWD) is Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNW of WWD.
• Cape May Airport (WWD) has 2 runways.
• On December 12, 1976, an Atlantic City Airlines DeHavilland Twin Otter operating as Allegheny Commuter Flight 977 crashed short of the runway.
• Because of Cape May Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Cape May 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 started in 1941 as NAS Rio Grande, named for its location near Rio Grande, New Jersey.
• The furthest airport from Cape May Airport (WWD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,780 miles (18,958 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Cape May Airport", another name for WWD is "Cape May County Airport".

Facts about Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM):

• The closest airport to Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Panama City–Bay County International Airport (PFN), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NW of PAM.
• Additionally, all of the Air Force's Air Battle Managers are initially trained at Tyndall prior to proceeding to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma for actual positional training in the E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft.
• It also received a Back-Up Interceptor Control II, and later BUIC III, capability to perform command and control functions.
• The furthest airport from Tyndall Air Force Base (PAM) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,235 miles (18,080 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Although construction was well underway, the base lacked a name.
• On 7 December 1941, the first of 2,000 troops arrived at Tyndall Field.
• The 53d Weapons Evaluation Group, is an Air Combat Command tenant organization that reports to the 53d Wing at nearby Eglin Air Force Base.