Nonstop flight route between Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carajás Airport (CKS), Carajás, Pará, Brazil and Land's End Airport (LEQ), Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,699 miles (or 7,562 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 Land's End 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 Land's End Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Carajás Airport (CKS):

• Carajás Airport handled 144,428 passengers last year.
• The airport was built by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce as a support to its mining activities.
• In addition to being known as "Carajás Airport", another name for CKS is "Aeroporto de Carajás".
• The closest airport to Carajás Airport (CKS) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) S of CKS.
• 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.
• Carajás Airport (CKS) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Land's End Airport (LEQ):

• Between 1966 and 1970, Scillonia Airways operated from the airport, flying Rapides.
• In addition to being known as "Land's End Airport", another name for LEQ is "St Just Airport".
• Land's End Airport (LEQ) has 4 runways.
• Because of Land's End Airport's relatively low elevation of 401 feet, planes can take off or land at Land's End 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.
• Land's End Airport or St Just Airport, situated near St Just in Penwith, 5 NM west of Penzance, in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain.
• The furthest airport from Land's End Airport (LEQ) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Land's End Airport (meaning Land's End Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,091 miles (19,459 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 9 April 2013 a new £1 million passenger terminal was officially opened.
• The closest airport to Land's End Airport (LEQ) is St Mary's Airport (ISC), which is located 31 miles (49 kilometers) WSW of LEQ.
• During the winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14 the airport closed for long periods when the grass runways became waterlogged, and flights were temporarily moved from Land's End to Newquay.
• Land's End Airport handled 46,626 passengers last year.