Nonstop flight route between Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Birmingham, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Carajás Airport (CKS), Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Birmingham Airport (BHX), Birmingham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,933 miles (or 7,939 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 Carajás Airport and Birmingham 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 Carajás Airport and Birmingham Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CKS / SBCJ |
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| Location: | Carajás, Pará, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 6°6'55"S by 50°0'5"W |
| Area Served: | Carajás (Parauapebas) |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2064 feet (629 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CKS |
| More Information: | CKS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BHX / EGBB |
| Airport Name: | Birmingham Airport |
| Location: | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°27'14"N by 1°44'53"W |
| Area Served: | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Operator/Owner: | Seven Metropolitan Boroughs of West Midlands (49% total) (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall & Solihull) Airport Group Investments Ltd. (48.25%) (Teache |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 341 feet (104 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BHX |
| More Information: | BHX Maps & Info |
Facts about Carajás Airport (CKS):
- The airport is located 18 km from downtown Parauapebas.
- Carajás Airport (CKS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Carajás Airport handled 144,428 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Carajás Airport (CKS) is Mati Airport (MXI), which is nearly antipodal to Carajás Airport (meaning Carajás Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mati Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
- The closest airport to Carajás Airport (CKS) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) S of CKS.
- In addition to being known as "Carajás Airport", another name for CKS is "Aeroporto de Carajás".
Facts about Birmingham Airport (BHX):
- Because of Birmingham Airport's relatively low elevation of 341 feet, planes can take off or land at Birmingham 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.
- Birmingham handled a record 9.6 million passengers in 2008, and 9.1 million passengers used the airport in 2013, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport.
- It is primarily served by the A45 main road, and is near Junction 6 of the M42 motorway.
- Birmingham Airport handled 9,120,201 passengers last year.
- Plans for the extension of the airport runway and the construction of the new air traffic control tower were submitted to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in January 2008 and approved in March 2009.
- The closest airport to Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Coventry Airport (CVT), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) ESE of BHX.
- Birmingham Airport (BHX) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Birmingham Airport (BHX) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
