Nonstop flight route between Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gurupi Airport (GRP), Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil and Glasgow International Airport (GLA), Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,332 miles (or 8,581 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 Gurupi Airport and Glasgow International 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 Gurupi Airport and Glasgow International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRP / SWGI |
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Location: | Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°44'24"S by 49°7'55"W |
Area Served: | Gurupi |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1148 feet (350 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GRP |
More Information: | GRP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GLA / EGPF |
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Location: | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 55°52'18"N by 4°25'59"W |
Area Served: | Glasgow, Scotland and UK |
Operator/Owner: | Heathrow Airport Holdings |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GLA |
More Information: | GLA Maps & Info |
Facts about Gurupi Airport (GRP):
- Gurupi Airport (GRP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gurupi Airport (GRP) is Sayak Airport (SOS), which is nearly antipodal to Gurupi Airport (meaning Gurupi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sayak Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,445 kilometers) away in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
- The closest airport to Gurupi Airport (GRP) is Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport (PMW), which is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) NNE of GRP.
- In addition to being known as "Gurupi Airport", another name for GRP is "Aeroporto de Gurupi".
Facts about Glasgow International Airport (GLA):
- The furthest airport from Glasgow International Airport (GLA) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,739 miles (18,892 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- A dedicated international departure lounge and pier was added at the western side of the building, leaving the facility with a total of 38 gates, bringing its capacity up to nine million passengers per year.
- Further growth is hampered by the airport's location, which is constrained by the M8 motorway to the south, the town of Renfrew to the east and the River Clyde to the north.
- Glasgow International Airport (GLA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Glasgow International Airport", another name for GLA is "Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Ghlaschu".
- The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, which also owns and operates three other UK airports, and is itself owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium, which includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and GIC Special Investments, that is led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group.
- Because of Glasgow International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow 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.
- The history of the present Glasgow Airport goes back to 1932, when the site at Abbotsinch, between the Black Cart Water and the White Cart Water, near Paisley in Renfrewshire, was opened and the Royal Air Force 602 Squadron Auxiliary Air Force moved its Wapiti IIA aircraft from nearby Renfrew in January 1933.
- Passenger traffic at Glasgow Airport peaked in 2006 when over 8.8 million passengers passed through the airport.
- The closest airport to Glasgow International Airport (GLA) is Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SSW of GLA.
- Glasgow Airport was first opened in 1966 and originally only facilitated flights to other places in the United Kingdom and Europe.
- Glasgow International Airport handled 7,363,764 passengers last year.