Nonstop flight route between Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil and RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,786 miles (or 9,312 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 Marechal Rondon International Airport and RAF Lakenheath, 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 Marechal Rondon International Airport and RAF Lakenheath. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGB / SBCY |
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Location: | Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 15°39'0"S by 56°7'2"W |
Area Served: | Cuiabá |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 617 feet (188 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGB |
More Information: | CGB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LKZ / EGUL |
Airport Name: | RAF Lakenheath |
Location: | Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 52°24'29"N by 0°33'24"E |
Operator/Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
View all routes: | Routes from LKZ |
More Information: | LKZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB):
- Marechal Rondon International Airport handled 2,761,588 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB) is Barra do Garças Airport (BPG), which is located 248 miles (400 kilometers) E of CGB.
- Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL30.9 million investiment plan to up-grade Marechal Rondon International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Cuiabá being one of the venue cities.
- In addition to being known as "Marechal Rondon International Airport", another name for CGB is "Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Rondon".
- Because of Marechal Rondon International Airport's relatively low elevation of 617 feet, planes can take off or land at Marechal Rondon International 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 Marechal Rondon International Airport (CGB) is Bagasbas Airport (DTE), which is nearly antipodal to Marechal Rondon International Airport (meaning Marechal Rondon International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bagasbas Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,820 kilometers) away in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines.
- Infraero became the operator of the airport in 1975 and in 1996 it was upgraded to international status.
Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):
- The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.
- By 1950, Lakenheath was one of three main operating bases for the U.S.
- The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
- The work entailed removal of the existing runways and laying new ones comprising 12 inches of high-grade concrete.
- Following French president Charles de Gaulle's insistence in 1959 that all non-French nuclear-capable forces should be withdrawn from his country, the USAF began a redeployment of its North American F-100-equipped units from France.
- The furthest airport from RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.