Nonstop flight route between Arraias, Tocantins, Brazil and Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Arraias Airport (AAI), Arraias, Tocantins, Brazil and Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,481 miles (or 8,820 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 Arraias Airport and Düsseldorf 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 Arraias Airport and Düsseldorf Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Arraias Airport (AAI):

• In addition to being known as "Arraias Airport", another name for AAI is "Aeroporto de Arraias".
• The furthest airport from Arraias Airport (AAI) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Arraias Airport (meaning Arraias Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,034 miles (19,367 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
• Arraias Airport is the airport serving Arraias, Brazil.
• Arraias Airport (AAI) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 2 km from downtown Arraias.
• The closest airport to Arraias Airport (AAI) is Minaçu Airport (MQH), which is located 96 miles (154 kilometers) WSW of AAI.

Facts about Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

• Düsseldorf Airport has three terminals connected by a central spine, even though the terminals are essentially concourses within a single terminal building.
• Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,899 miles (19,149 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Since 2003, an area of 23 hectares south-west of the airport terminal has been under redevelopment as Düsseldorf Airport City with an anticipated gross floor area of 250,000 square metres to be completed by 2016.
• Because of Düsseldorf Airport's relatively low elevation of 147 feet, planes can take off or land at Düsseldorf 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.
• In 1973 the new central building and the Terminal B were opened and in 1975 the railroad connection between Düsseldorf central station and the airport started operation.
• In 2002 the inter-terminal shuttle bus service was replaced by the suspended monorail called the SkyTrain connecting the terminal building with the InterCity train station.
• Düsseldorf Airport is the largest and primary airport for the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region – the largest metropolitan region in Germany and among the largest metropolitan areas of the world.
• In addition to being known as "Düsseldorf Airport", another name for DUS is "Flughafen Düsseldorf".
• Düsseldorf Airport handled 20,830,000 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WSW of DUS.