Nonstop flight route between Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Alconbury, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH), Alconbury, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,340 miles (or 10,203 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 Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102, 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 Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport and RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM):

• The closest airport to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is located 84 miles (134 kilometers) NW of CCM.
• Because of Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha 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 "Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport", another name for CCM is "Aeroporto Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha".
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport handled 36,391 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is nearly antipodal to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (meaning Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kikai Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan.
• The airport was inaugurated on December 17, 1979.

Facts about RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH):

• In 1937, Royal Air Force Bomber Command was drawing up plans for dispersal of their aircraft in the event of air raids on its stations.
• The group comprises six squadrons—security forces and civil engineer, air base, medical and services—and supports tenant units.
• In September 1939, RAF Upwood squadrons were given operational training roles and Alconbury became RAF Wyton's satellite under No.
• The closest airport to RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Cambridge International Airport (CBG), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) ESE of AYH.
• Squadrons 15 and 40 converted from Battles to Bristol Blenheim bombers, but did not take part in bombing raids with the new type until the German Blitzkrieg was unleashed in May 1940.
• RAF Alconbury is about 0.308 sq mi in area.
• The furthest airport from RAF AlconburyUSAAF Station 102 (AYH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,821 miles (19,024 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• A total of 67 bombers had been lost in RAF Bomber Command operations flown from Alconbury, eight were Blenheims and 59 Wellingtons.