Nonstop flight route between Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States and Mae Sot Airport (MAQ), Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,332 miles (or 15,018 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Mae Sot 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 Patrick Air Force Base and Mae Sot Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | COF / KCOF |
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Location: | Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°14'5"N by 80°36'35"W |
View all routes: | Routes from COF |
More Information: | COF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAQ / VTPM |
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Location: | Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°41'58"N by 98°32'42"E |
Area Served: | Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 690 feet (210 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MAQ |
More Information: | MAQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- The furthest airport from Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,550 miles (18,587 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- The 9/11 attacks prompted the Air Force to close the heavily used 4-lane State Road A1A, which ran immediately in front of the AFTAC Headquarters building.
- The host wing for Patrick AFB is the 45th Space Wing, whose officers and airmen manage all launches of unmanned rockets at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 12 miles to the north.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".
- The closest airport to Patrick Air Force Base (COF) is Merritt Island Airport (COI), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NNW of COF.
- Authorized by the Naval Expansion Act of 1938, Naval Air Station Banana River was commissioned on October 1, 1940 as a subordinate base of the Naval Air Operational Training Command NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
Facts about Mae Sot Airport (MAQ):
- Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) is Tak Airport (TKT), which is located 49 miles (78 kilometers) ENE of MAQ.
- The furthest airport from Mae Sot Airport (MAQ) is Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (PIO), which is nearly antipodal to Mae Sot Airport (meaning Mae Sot Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera International Airport), and is located 12,033 miles (19,364 kilometers) away in Pisco, Peru.
- In addition to being known as "Mae Sot Airport", another name for MAQ is "ท่าอากาศยานแม่สอด".
- Because of Mae Sot Airport's relatively low elevation of 690 feet, planes can take off or land at Mae Sot 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.