Nonstop flight route between Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil and Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barreiras Airport (BRA), Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil and East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,175 miles (or 8,329 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 Barreiras Airport and East Midlands 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 Barreiras Airport and East Midlands Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRA / SNBR |
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Location: | Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°4'45"S by 45°0'33"W |
Area Served: | Barreiras |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2447 feet (746 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BRA |
More Information: | BRA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EMA / EGNX |
Airport Name: | East Midlands Airport |
Location: | Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°49'51"N by 1°19'40"W |
Area Served: | East Midlands |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 306 feet (93 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EMA |
More Information: | EMA Maps & Info |
Facts about Barreiras Airport (BRA):
- In addition to being known as "Barreiras Airport", another name for BRA is "Aeroporto de Barreiras".
- The furthest airport from Barreiras Airport (BRA) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is nearly antipodal to Barreiras Airport (meaning Barreiras Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yap International Airport), and is located 12,161 miles (19,572 kilometers) away in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- The airport was opened in 1940 and served as a strategic technical stop on the route Rio de Janeiro-Miami, enabling faster flights as compared with the ones operated via the coast.
- The closest airport to Barreiras Airport (BRA) is Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ), which is located 135 miles (218 kilometers) SE of BRA.
- Barreiras Airport (BRA) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):
- The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
- Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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.
- BMI had its maintenance base at the airport.
- In September 2006 Plane Stupid blocked a taxiway at the airport for four hours.
- The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned in 1946.
- The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
- East Midlands Airport is the second largest cargo airport in the United Kingdom after London Heathrow.
- Expansion was swift, with a further runway extension to 2,283 m and terminal upgrade in the late 1970s.
- It was announced on 13 April 2011 that Bmibaby would close its Manchester and Cardiff bases, moving an additional service to East Midlands Airport with increased frequencies and new routes for summer 2012.
- East Midlands Airport is an airport in the East Midlands of England, located at Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire.
- East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The DEMAND Campaign was formed in 2004 to campaign against night flights at the airport and against increasing levels of noise generally.