Nonstop flight route between Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea:
Departure Airport:
(15°51'38"S by 52°23'21"W)
Arrival Airport:
(6°18'11"S by 155°43'23"E)
Distance from BPG to KIE:
9,978.48 miles (16,058.76 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Barra do Garças Airport (BPG), Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE), Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,978 miles (or 16,059 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 Barra do Garças Airport and Kieta/Aropa 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 Barra do Garças Airport and Kieta/Aropa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BPG / SBBW |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 15°51'38"S by 52°23'21"W |
| Area Served: | Barra do Garças |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1147 feet (350 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BPG |
| More Information: | BPG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIE / AYKT |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea |
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°18'11"S by 155°43'23"E |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KIE |
| More Information: | KIE Maps & Info |
Facts about Barra do Garças Airport (BPG):
- The airport is located 15 km from downtown Barra do Garças.
- In addition to being known as "Barra do Garças Airport", another name for BPG is "Aeroporto de Barra do Garças".
- The furthest airport from Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is nearly antipodal to Barra do Garças Airport (meaning Barra do Garças Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Virac Airport), and is located 12,160 miles (19,569 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
- Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) is Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN), which is located 216 miles (348 kilometers) ESE of BPG.
- Barra do Garças Airport is the airport serving Barra do Garças, Brazil.
Facts about Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE):
- In addition to being known as "Kieta/Aropa Airport", another name for KIE is "AYIQ".
- Because of Kieta/Aropa Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kieta/Aropa 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.
- On 13 February 2012, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported that the landowners had announced their intention to reopen the airport.
- Nowadays the airfield is disused and overgrown with bush.
- The closest airport to Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) is Balalae Airport (BAS), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) SSE of KIE.
- Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,844 miles (19,061 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The airport was partially destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis of the 1990s and has been closed since then.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 216.42 miles (348.29 km) ESE | Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN) | Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil |     |
| 2 | 248.33 miles (399.65 km) W | Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB) | Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 3 | 275.34 miles (443.12 km) SE | Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR) | Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil | |
| 4 | 281.20 miles (452.55 km) ESE | Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV) | Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil | |
| 5 | 296.99 miles (477.95 km) E | Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) | Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil | |
| 6 | 322.23 miles (518.58 km) ENE | Minaçu Airport (MQH) | Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil | |
| 7 | 344.96 miles (555.15 km) SE | Uberlândia–Ten. Cel. Av. César Bombonato Airport (UDI) | Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 8 | 351.85 miles (566.25 km) SSW | Campo Grande International Airport (CGR) | Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
| 9 | 358.90 miles (577.59 km) NE | Gurupi Airport (GRP) | Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil | |
| 10 | 387.02 miles (622.85 km) SSE | Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) | Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| 11 | 394.34 miles (634.63 km) SSE | Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil | |
| 12 | 396.70 miles (638.43 km) SE | Uberaba–Mário de Almeida Franco Airport (UBA) | Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 13 | 410.49 miles (660.62 km) SE | Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT) | Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| 14 | 410.59 miles (660.78 km) WSW | Corumbá International Airport (CMG) | Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 417.13 miles (671.31 km) ENE | Arraias Airport (AAI) | Arraias, Tocantins, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,159.89 miles (19,569.39 km) NE | Virac Airport (VRC) | Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines | |
| 2 | 12,130.96 miles (19,522.84 km) NE | Catarman National Airport (CRM) | Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines | |
| 3 | 12,117.89 miles (19,501.80 km) NE | Legazpi Airport (LGP) | Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines | |
| 4 | 12,106.88 miles (19,484.08 km) ENE | Naga Airport (WNP) | Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines | |
| 5 | 12,105.46 miles (19,481.80 km) ENE | Bagasbas Airport (DTE) | Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines | |
| 6 | 12,104.03 miles (19,479.50 km) NE | Calbayog Airport (CYP) | Calbayog City, Samar, Philippines | |
| 7 | 12,077.16 miles (19,436.26 km) NE | Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT) | Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines | |
| 8 | 12,072.71 miles (19,429.09 km) NNE | Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC) | Tacloban City, Philippines | |
| 9 | 12,046.88 miles (19,387.53 km) NNE | Ormoc Airport (OMC) | Ormoc City, Philippines | |
| 10 | 12,041.60 miles (19,379.02 km) ENE | Cauayan Airport (CYZ) | Cauayan City, Isabela, Philippines | |
| 11 | 12,030.56 miles (19,361.26 km) E | Dr. Juan C. Angara Airport (BQA) | Baler, Aurora, Philippines | |
| 12 | 12,028.87 miles (19,358.55 km) ENE | Tuguegarao Airport (TUG) | Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines | |
| 13 | 12,013.20 miles (19,333.33 km) ENE | Marinduque Airport (MRQ) | Gasan, Marinduque, Philippines | |
| 14 | 12,008.40 miles (19,325.60 km) NNE | Sayak Airport (SOS) | Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines | |
| 15 | 11,997.42 miles (19,307.93 km) NE | Roxas Airport (RXS) | Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 48.95 miles (78.77 km) SSE | Balalae Airport (BAS) | Ballalae, Solomon Islands | |
| 2 | 54.13 miles (87.12 km) ESE | Choiseul Bay Airport (CHY) | Choiseul Bay, Taro Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 3 | 77.65 miles (124.96 km) S | Mono Airport (MNY) | Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands | |
| 4 | 94.46 miles (152.01 km) NW | Buka Island Airport (BUA) | Buka Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| 5 | 146.31 miles (235.46 km) ESE | Kaghau Airport (KGE) | Kagau Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 6 | 146.64 miles (235.99 km) SSE | Nusatupe Airport (GZO) | Gizo / Nusatupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 7 | 161.62 miles (260.11 km) NW | Nissan Island Airport (IIS) | Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| 8 | 175.22 miles (282.00 km) SE | Munda Airport (MUA) | Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 9 | 267.04 miles (429.76 km) WNW | Rabaul Airport (RAB) | Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | |
| 10 | 274.68 miles (442.06 km) W | Manguna Airport (MFO) | Manguna, Papua New Guinea | |
| 11 | 277.53 miles (446.64 km) SW | Guasopa Airport (GAZ) | Guasopa, Papua New Guinea | |
| 12 | 290.16 miles (466.96 km) NW | Namatanai Airport (ATN) | Namatanai, Papua New Guinea | |
| 13 | 292.11 miles (470.10 km) ESE | Fera Airport (FRE) | Maringe, Fera Island, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands | |
| 14 | 293.20 miles (471.87 km) W | Jacquinot Bay Airport (JAQ) | Jacquinot Bay, Papua New Guinea | |
| 15 | 307.28 miles (494.52 km) SE | Yandina Airport (XYA) | Yandina, Solomon Islands | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,843.84 miles (19,060.76 km) N | São Filipe Airport (SFL) | Fogo, Cape Verde | |
| 2 | 11,838.79 miles (19,052.64 km) N | Praia International Airport (RAI) | Praia, Cape Verde | |
| 3 | 11,832.78 miles (19,042.97 km) N | Mosteiros Airport (MTI) | Mosteiros, Cape Verde | |
| 4 | 11,820.93 miles (19,023.90 km) N | Maio Airport (MMO) | Maio, Cape Verde | |
| 5 | 11,772.48 miles (18,945.93 km) NW | Cap Skirring Airport (CSK) | Cap Skirring, Senegal | |
| 6 | 11,765.37 miles (18,934.49 km) WNW | Bubaque Airport (BQE) | Bubaque, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 7 | 11,750.86 miles (18,911.14 km) N | Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC) | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | |
| 8 | 11,741.64 miles (18,896.30 km) NW | Ziguinchor Airport (ZIG) | Ziguinchor, Senegal | |
| 9 | 11,733.20 miles (18,882.71 km) NW | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB) | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | |
| 10 | 11,726.21 miles (18,871.46 km) N | Preguiça Airport (SNE) | São Nicolau, Cape Verde | |
| 11 | 11,725.95 miles (18,871.04 km) NW | Banjul International Airport (BJL) | Banjul, Gambia | |
| 12 | 11,709.95 miles (18,845.29 km) N | Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) | Sal Island, Cape Verde | |
| 13 | 11,707.35 miles (18,841.11 km) N | Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) | São Vicente, Cape Verde | |
| 14 | 11,693.92 miles (18,819.49 km) NW | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 15 | 11,682.02 miles (18,800.34 km) WNW | Boké Baralande Airport (BKJ) | Boké, Guinea | |