Nonstop flight route between Hemavan, Sweden and Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hemavan Tärnaby Airport (HMV), Hemavan, Sweden and Patrick Air Force Base (COF), Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,608 miles (or 7,415 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 Hemavan Tärnaby Airport and Patrick 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 Hemavan Tärnaby Airport and Patrick Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HMV / ESUT |
Airport Name: | Hemavan Tärnaby Airport |
Location: | Hemavan, Sweden |
GPS Coordinates: | 65°48'21"N by 15°4'58"E |
Operator/Owner: | Storuman Municipality |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1503 feet (458 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HMV |
More Information: | HMV Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Hemavan Tärnaby Airport (HMV):
- The closest airport to Hemavan Tärnaby Airport (HMV) is Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll (MQN), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) NNW of HMV.
- The furthest airport from Hemavan Tärnaby Airport (HMV) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,855 miles (17,469 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Hemavan Tärnaby Airport (HMV) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Patrick Air Force Base (COF):
- The 920th Rescue Wing, part of Air Force Reserve Command, is another tenant command headquartered at Patrick AFB and is the installation's only military flying unit.
- Adjacent to the 920 RQW's facilities is the NASA Flight Operations Facility, which provides support for NASA's permanently based UH-1H helicopters supporting KSC and transient NASA fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-38 Talon.
- 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.
- 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.
- On May 17, 1950, the base was renamed the "Long Range Proving Ground Base" but three months later was renamed "Patrick Air Force Base", in honor of Major General Mason Patrick.
- At 19:50, the tanker SS Gaines Mills reported seeing a mid-air explosion, then flames leaping 100 feet high and burning on the sea for 10 minutes.
- 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.
- In 1971, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute was established at Patrick AFB.
- In addition to being known as "Patrick Air Force Base", another name for COF is "Patrick AFB".