Nonstop flight route between Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks (near Hartford), Connecticut, United States and Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB), Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,890 miles (or 7,869 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 Bradley International Airport and Cabo Frio 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 Bradley International Airport and Cabo Frio 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 Bradley International Airport (BDL):

• Bradley International Airport (BDL) has 3 runways.
• On June 21, 2011, the new Boeing 747-8 stopped at Bradley on its introductory world tour, it was the 747-8F cargo variant.
• The airfield was named after 24-year-old Lt.
• In December 2002, a new International Arrivals Building opened to the west of Terminal B.
• The now defunct Bradlees department store chain was named after the airport, when investors held a meeting there.
• In 1986, new Terminal A and Bradley Sheraton Hotel was completed.
• Because of Bradley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 173 feet, planes can take off or land at Bradley 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.
• In 1976 an experimental monorail was completed to link the terminal to a parking lot seven-tenths of a mile away.
• The closest airport to Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Rentschler Heliport (EHT), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) SSE of BDL.
• The furthest airport from Bradley International Airport (BDL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,740 miles (18,894 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB):

• The airport is owned by the municipality of Cabo Frio and operated by the private company Costa do Sol Operadora Aeroportuária S/A.
• Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Cabo Frio International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Cabo Frio 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.
• In addition to being known as "Cabo Frio International Airport", another name for CFB is "Aeroporto Internacional de Cabo Frio".
• The closest airport to Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) is Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) NNE of CFB.
• Since June 1, 2001 it is administrated by the private company Costa do Sol Operadora Aeroportuária S/A, as a concession from the Municipality of Cabo Frio.
• The furthest airport from Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Cabo Frio International Airport (meaning Cabo Frio International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,187 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• Cabo Frio International Airport handled 85,000 passengers last year.
• In June 2010 the second phase of enlargement works was inaugurated, including access roads, enlargement of the cargo terminal, apron, new administration offices and a dedicated terminal for Petrobras to operate flights to its offshore oil platforms of the Campos basin.