Nonstop flight route between Glendale, Arizona, United States and Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF), Glendale, Arizona, United States and Ipiranga Airport (IPG), Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,751 miles (or 6,037 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Ipiranga 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 Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field and Ipiranga Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUF / KLUF |
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Location: | Glendale, Arizona, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 33°32'5"N by 112°22'59"W |
View all routes: | Routes from LUF |
More Information: | LUF Maps & Info |
Arrival 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 |
Facts about Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF):
- In addition to being known as "Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field", another name for LUF is "Luke AFB".
- The program was to be conducted by the Federalized Michigan Air National Guard 127th Fighter Group, which had transferred from Continental Air Command to ATC, effective 10 February.
- The base was under the control of the 37th Flying Training Wing, Western Flying Training Command, AAF Flying Training Command.
- On 25 May 1953 the 3600th Air Demonstration Team was officially organized and established at Luke, still officially carrying this designation, now known as the United States Air Force Thunderbirds.
- Luke AFB is a major training base of the Air Education and Training Command, training pilots in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
- Effective 5 March, the 127th was redesignated as the 127th Pilot Training Wing.
- The furthest airport from Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Luke Air Force BaseLuke Field (LUF) is Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LUF.
Facts about Ipiranga Airport (IPG):
- The closest airport to Ipiranga Airport (IPG) is Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport (LET), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) S of IPG.
- Ipiranga Airport is the airport serving Santo Antônio do Içá, Brazil.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ipiranga Airport", another name for IPG is "Aeroporto do Ipiranga".
- Ipiranga Airport (IPG) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.