Nonstop flight route between Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Omaha, Nebraska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil and Offutt Air Force Base (OFF), Omaha, Nebraska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,502 miles (or 7,245 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 Offutt Air Force Base, 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 Offutt Air Force Base. 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.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Barreirinhas Airport", another name for BRB is "Aeroporto de Barreirinhas".
• 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 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.

Facts about Offutt Air Force Base (OFF):

• Production ended on 18 September 1945, when the last B-29 rolled out of the assembly building.
• Offutt's population and facilities grew dramatically to keep pace with the increased operational demands during the Cold War.
• In addition to being known as "Offutt Air Force Base", another name for OFF is "Offutt AFB".
• The furthest airport from Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,677 miles (17,183 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Offutt again faced monumental changes in 1992 when the easing of world tensions allowed the United States to reorganize its Air Force.
• The closest airport to Offutt Air Force Base (OFF) is Millard Airport (MIQ), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of OFF.
• In 1918, the 61st Balloon Company of the Army Air Corps was assigned to Fort Crook at the close of World War I, which performed combat reconnaissance training.
• Offutt AFB is the headquarters of United States Strategic Command which is one of the nine Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense.
• The newly established United States Air Force took control of the facility in September 1947, and on 13 January 1948 it was renamed Offutt Air Force Base.