Nonstop flight route between Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Abilene, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG), Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Dyess Air Force Base (DYS), Abilene, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,178 miles (or 8,333 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 Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport and Dyess 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 Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport and Dyess 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 Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG):

• The furthest airport from Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (meaning Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,077 miles (19,437 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) is Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ), which is located 105 miles (169 kilometers) NNE of VAG.
• In addition to being known as "Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport", another name for VAG is "Aeroporto Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky".
• Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Dyess Air Force Base (DYS):

• The closest airport to Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Abilene Regional Airport (ABI), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) E of DYS.
• In addition to being known as "Dyess Air Force Base", another name for DYS is "Dyess AFB".
• Shortly after the Korean War broke out, the city of Abilene called for the need of a military installation.
• Dyess' first active combat unit was the 341st Bombardment Wing, which activated on 1 September 1955.
• The 317th Airlift Group, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit, performs Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules airlift missions with 28 aircraft assigned.
• On 25 March 1944, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt training for flight cadets was taken over by the 261st Army Air Force Base Unit.
• In June 1985, the 96th received its first B-1B Lancer replacing the B-52 Stratofortress and in October 1986, assumed nuclear alert status.
• The furthest airport from Dyess Air Force Base (DYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,080 miles (17,831 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Dyess AFB is also home to several tenant units, including Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 222.