Nonstop flight route between Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Jos, Nigeria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS), Jos, Nigeria would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,658 miles (or 5,887 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 Barreirinhas Airport and Yakubu Gowon 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 Barreirinhas Airport and Yakubu Gowon Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Barreirinhas Airport (BRB):

• Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of technical and legal problems related to the construction of a second runway, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil does not authorize official operations at this facility.
• In addition to being known as "Barreirinhas Airport", another name for BRB is "Aeroporto de Barreirinhas".
• Because of Barreirinhas Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Barreirinhas 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.
• The furthest airport from Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), which is nearly antipodal to Barreirinhas Airport (meaning Barreirinhas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Frans Kaisiepo Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Biak, Indonesia.
• The airport is located 1 km from downtown Barreirinhas.
• The closest airport to Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) E of BRB.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.

Facts about Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS):

• The furthest airport from Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) is Asau Airport (AAU), which is nearly antipodal to Yakubu Gowon Airport (meaning Yakubu Gowon Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Asau Airport), and is located 12,151 miles (19,555 kilometers) away in Asau, Samoa.
• Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Yakubu Gowon Airport (JOS) is Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV), which is located 118 miles (190 kilometers) WSW of JOS.
• Because of Yakubu Gowon Airport's high elevation of 4,232 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JOS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JOS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.