Nonstop flight route between Perugia, Italy and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG), Perugia, Italy and MacDill Air Force Base (MCF), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,167 miles (or 8,315 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 Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International 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 Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International 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 Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG):

• Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport", another name for PEG is "Aeroporto Internazionale dell'Umbria – Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi".
• Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport handled 201,926 passengers last year.
• It was expanded in 2011, with the addition of new terminal facilities designed by the Italian architect Gae Aulenti and part-funded by a government grant awarded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
• The furthest airport from Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,984 miles (19,287 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG) is Falconara Airport (AOI), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) NE of PEG.
• Because of Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport's relatively low elevation of 693 feet, planes can take off or land at Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International 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.
• Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport, formerly Perugia Sant'Egidio Airport, is an airport serving Perugia, the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy.

Facts about MacDill Air Force Base (MCF):

• On 24 June 1945 a hurricane hit the Tampa area, and the B-17 aircraft were evacuated to Vichy Army Airfield, Missouri.
• Also located at MacDill are a division of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Joint Communications Support Element, the Florida Air National Guard's 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, the Navy Reserve Forces Command's Navy Operational Support Center Tampa, the US Army's 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, activities of the U.S.
• In addition to being known as "MacDill Air Force Base", another name for MCF is "MacDill AFB".
• MacDill Air Force Base is an active United States Air Force base located approximately 4 miles south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.
• In addition MacDill provided transitional training in the B-17 Flying Fortress.
• 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.
• 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 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.