Nonstop flight route between Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Sheffield, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,710 miles (or 9,189 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 Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport and Sheffield City Heliport, 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 Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport and Sheffield City Heliport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW):

• It is operated by Infraero.
• Because of Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport's relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro 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 August 28, 2009 Rosinha Matheus, the Mayor of Campos dos Goytacazes announced the intention to request Infraero the transfer of the administration of the airport to the Municipality, an idea that the Minister of Defense, under whom Infraero is subordinate, is in favor.
• The closest airport to Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) is Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) SSW of CAW.
• The airport has a total area of 949,114.04 m² and its passenger terminal has an area of 459 m².
• In addition to being known as "Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport", another name for CAW is "Aeroporto de Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro".
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport handled 132,163 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (meaning Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):

• Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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 closest airport to Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.
• Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
• Planning permission has been granted to turn the entire site into a business park, however in December 2012, Sheffield City Council received details of a bid to reopen the airport.
• In the end the last scheduled airline pulled out in 2002, after the airport had passed into the hands of Peel Airports, who were shortly to be opening Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield airport, approximately 25 miles away.
• The runway, as a part of the 80 acres, has been sold and will be developed into the Blue Skies Business Park.
• The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.