Nonstop flight route between Akrotiri, Cyprus and São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Akrotiri (AKT), Akrotiri, Cyprus and Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,578 miles (or 10,585 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 RAF Akrotiri and Mário Pereira Lopes State 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 RAF Akrotiri and Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKT / LCRA |
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Location: | Akrotiri, Cyprus |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°35'26"N by 32°59'16"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from AKT |
More Information: | AKT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | QSC / SDSC |
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Location: | São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°52'35"S by 47°54'11"W |
Area Served: | São Carlos |
Operator/Owner: | DAESP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2649 feet (807 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from QSC |
More Information: | QSC Maps & Info |
Facts about RAF Akrotiri (AKT):
- Akrotiri has played a crucial role during Britain's recent operations in the Middle East.
- In addition to being known as "RAF Akrotiri", another name for AKT is ""Aki"".
- Even this massive influx from Egypt was not the end.
- In March 2011, the station was used as a staging base for support aircraft involved in Operation Ellamy.
- The furthest airport from RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,556 miles (18,598 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
- The closest airport to RAF Akrotiri (AKT) is Paphos International Airport (PFO), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) WNW of AKT.
- Akrotiri, along with Nicosia, assumed a very important status, as virtually the sole means for projecting British airpower into the eastern Mediterranean, outside of aircraft carriers.
- Akrotiri is also the winter training grounds of the RAF display team, the Red Arrows.
Facts about Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC):
- The airport was built in the 1970s as a private aerodrome of a Brazilian tractor manufacturer.
- Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport handled 1,280 passengers last year.
- Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Bartolomeu de Gusmão State Airport (AQA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of QSC.
- The furthest airport from Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (meaning Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,157 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport", another name for QSC is "Aeroporto Estadual Mário Pereira Lopes".