Nonstop flight route between Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW), Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,002 miles (or 4,830 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 Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water 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 Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport and MacDill Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW):

• Because of Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water 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 Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,623 miles (17,096 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Airport (ZSW) is Prince Rupert Airport (YPR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) WSW of ZSW.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• The 44th Bombardment Group was activated at MacDill on 15 January 1941 equipped with the Consolidated B-24A Liberator.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 February 1945, the 323d Combat Crew Training Wing was established at the base with a mission of training B-29 Superfortress aircrews.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• The 6 AMW also has a collocated "Associate" wing at MacDill, the 927th Air Refueling Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command.