Nonstop flight route between Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Beja, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cà Mau Airport (CAH), Cà Mau Province, Vietnam and Beja Airport (BYJ), Beja, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,043 miles (or 11,334 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 Cà Mau Airport and Beja 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 Cà Mau Airport and Beja Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cà Mau Airport (CAH):

• Because of Cà Mau Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Cà Mau 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.
• This airport was used mainly for military purpose, serving helicopters, L19, OV10, Dakota, C130 and some other kind of fightfighters.
• In addition to being known as "Cà Mau Airport", another name for CAH is "Sân bay Cà Mau".
• In 2004, this airport handled 398 aircraft movements with 8975 passengers, 41,583 kg cargo.
• The closest airport to Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is Rach Gia Airport (VKG), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) N of CAH.
• Cà Mau Airport (CAH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cà Mau Airport (CAH) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cà Mau Airport (meaning Cà Mau Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,922 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.

Facts about Beja Airport (BYJ):

• The closest airport to Beja Airport (BYJ) is Portimão Airport (PRM), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SSW of BYJ.
• The furthest airport from Beja Airport (BYJ) is New Plymouth Airport (NPL), which is nearly antipodal to Beja Airport (meaning Beja Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from New Plymouth Airport), and is located 12,306 miles (19,804 kilometers) away in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
• Because of Beja Airport's relatively low elevation of 636 feet, planes can take off or land at Beja 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 spite of being the only Portuguese airport in Alentejo—the biggest Portuguese region, with an area comparable to the size of Belgium—the airport failed to attract the attention of low-cost carriers and has never had any scheduled regular flights.
• Beja Airport is an unused Portuguese airport that opened doors to civilian flights on April 15, 2011.
• Beja Airport (BYJ) has 2 runways.
• In 2011 a new civilian terminal was built and Beja became a dual-use military-civilian airport, aiming to attract low cost carriers.
• In addition to being known as "Beja Airport", another name for BYJ is "Aeroporto de Beja".