Nonstop flight route between Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport (POJ), Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil and RAF Brize Norton (BZZ), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,566 miles (or 8,958 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 Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport and RAF Brize Norton, 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 Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport and RAF Brize Norton. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport (POJ):

• The closest airport to Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport (POJ) is Romeu Zema Airport (AAX), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SSW of POJ.
• Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport (POJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport (POJ) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located 11,921 miles (19,185 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport", other names for POJ include "Aeroporto Pedro Pereira dos Santos" and "SNPD".

Facts about RAF Brize Norton (BZZ):

• The station is home to Air Transport, Air-to-Air refuelling and Military Parachuting, with aircraft operating from the station including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager which replaced the now decommissioned Lockheed TriStar in March 2014.
• Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about 65 mi west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force.
• The furthest airport from RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,888 miles (19,132 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• RAF Brize Norton was opened in 1937 as a training station and one of the first squadrons to use the airfield was No.
• The closest airport to RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) is RAF Fairford (FFD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) WSW of BZZ.
• On 23 May 2001 the RAF's first C-17 arrived at Brize Norton, one of six to be delivered to 99 Squadron.
• During the 2003 Iraq War four anti-war protesters managed to access the main runway in an attempt to prevent aircraft taking off.
• RAF Brize Norton Flying Club resides at the station providing low cost flying for MOD personnel and training to PPL level and above.