Nonstop flight route between Adak Island, Alaska, United States and Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Adak Airport (ADK), Adak Island, Alaska, United States and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,700 miles (or 14,001 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 Adak Airport and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek 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 Adak Airport and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek 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 Adak Airport (ADK):

• The furthest airport from Adak Airport (ADK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,985 miles (17,679 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Scheduled passenger service service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
• Because of Adak Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Adak 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.
• Adak's airport is one of the largest and most sophisticated airports in the Aleutian Islands.
• The closest airport to Adak Airport (ADK) is Atka Airport (AKB), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) ENE of ADK.
• The military first developed an air station on Adak during World War II.
• Adak Airport (ADK) has 2 runways.
• Once an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport en route to Tokyo Narita diverted to Adak Airport due to a fire warning in the cargo hold.

Facts about Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB):

• Because in its design, the present terminal is capable of handling 9 million passengers per year, but actually handles around 14 million with numbers constantly increasing, the former terminal for general aviation, originally built in 1988, was renovated and transformed into Passenger Terminal 2.
• Brasília was only a project when in 1956 President Juscelino Kubitschek landed for the first time in the Central Plateau.
• The closest airport to Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) is Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN), which is located 101 miles (163 kilometers) WSW of BSB.
• Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) has 2 runways.
• Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport handled 15,665,045 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 11,887 miles (19,131 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
• The airport is located 11 km from downtown Brasília.
• In addition to being known as "Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport", another name for BSB is "Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek".