Nonstop flight route between Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil and Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ipiranga Airport (IPG), Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil and Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF), Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,123 miles (or 5,026 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 Ipiranga Airport and Westover Air Reserve 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 Ipiranga Airport and Westover Air Reserve Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IPG / SWII |
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Location: | Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 2°56'0"S by 69°41'40"W |
Area Served: | Santo Antônio do Içá |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 131 feet (40 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IPG |
More Information: | IPG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEF / KCEF |
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Location: | Springfield/Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°11'38"N by 72°32'4"W |
View all routes: | Routes from CEF |
More Information: | CEF Maps & Info |
Facts about Ipiranga Airport (IPG):
- In addition to being known as "Ipiranga Airport", another name for IPG is "Aeroporto do Ipiranga".
- Because of Ipiranga Airport's relatively low elevation of 131 feet, planes can take off or land at Ipiranga 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.
- Ipiranga Airport (IPG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport (LET), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) S of IPG.
- Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
- The furthest airport from Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Kuching International Airport (KCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ipiranga Airport (meaning Ipiranga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kuching International Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Facts about Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF):
- In addition to being known as "Westover Air Reserve Base", another name for CEF is "Westover ARB".
- With the establishment of the United States Air Force in September 1947, the name of Westover Field was changed to Westover Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
- Westover Field was designed to be nearly self-sufficient, with not only hangars, but barracks, warehouses, hospitals, dental clinics, dining halls, and maintenance shops were needed.
- The closest airport to Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF), which is located only 10 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of CEF.
- A second ADC interceptor squadron, the 324th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated at Westover on 18 October 1955.
- The furthest airport from Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,731 miles (18,880 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Westover Field was placed under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Air District, later First Air Force, with the 25th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron the main Base Operating Unit.
- The first organization at the base was the 10th Signal Platoon in June 1940.