Nonstop flight route between Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Gander, Newfoundland, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Navegantes Airport (NVT), Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Gander International Airport (YQX), Gander, Newfoundland, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,251 miles (or 8,451 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 Navegantes Airport and Gander 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 Navegantes Airport and Gander International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Navegantes Airport (NVT):

• In addition to being known as "Navegantes Airport", another name for NVT is "Aeroporto Internacional de Navegantes - Ministro Victor Konder".
• In relation to their city centers, the airport is located 12 km from Navegantes, 7 km from Itajaí, 20 km from Camboriú, and 45 km from Blumenau.
• Because of Navegantes Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Navegantes 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 furthest airport from Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is nearly antipodal to Navegantes Airport (meaning Navegantes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kitadaito Airport), and is located 12,372 miles (19,911 kilometers) away in Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• The closest airport to Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNW of NVT.
• Navegantes Airport (NVT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Gander International Airport (YQX):

• Officials at Gander International Airport have stated that the future for the airport is grim unless the federal government provides funding to cover costs.
• Following Newfoundland's entry into Confederation, the government renamed the airport Gander Airport and it came under the administration of Canada's federal Department of Transport.
• Because of Gander International Airport's relatively low elevation of 496 feet, planes can take off or land at Gander 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 closest airport to Gander International Airport (YQX) is St. John's International Airport (YYT), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) SE of YQX.
• Following the war, the RCAF handed operation of the airfield back to the dominion government in March 1946, although the RCN's radio station remained and the military role for the entire facility was upgraded through the Cold War.
• The furthest airport from Gander International Airport (YQX) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,395 miles (18,338 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• With the advent of jets with longer range in the 1960s most flights no longer needed to refuel.
• Gander International Airport (YQX) has 2 runways.