Nonstop flight route between Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil and São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil and São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH), São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 326 miles (or 524 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 relatively short distance between Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport and São Paulo/Congonhas Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF):

• In addition to being known as "Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport", another name for CNF is "Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves/Confins".
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2012 the airport was ranked 5th in terms of transported passengers, and 8th in terms of aircraft operations, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
• The closest airport to Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of CNF.
• The main maintenance facilities of Gol Airlines are located at this airport.
• The furthest airport from Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,945 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The airport was built by Infraero and inaugurated in 1984.
• On 22 November 2013 the Brazilian Government had a bidding process to determine the airport's private operator from 2014 until 2044.
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport handled 10,301,288 passengers last year.

Facts about São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH):

• The furthest airport from São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (meaning São Paulo/Congonhas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,691 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The airport is located 8 km from downtown São Paulo, at Washington Luís Avenue, in the district of Campo Belo.
• Gol Airlines and TAM Airlines offer for their passengers free bus transfers between Congonhas and Guarulhos/Gov.
• São Paulo/Congonhas Airport handled 17,119,530 passengers last year.
• São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) has 2 runways.
• On 21 May 1959, a formal agreement between Varig, Cruzeiro do Sul and VASP created the shuttle service to Rio de Janeiro that made the airport famous, being the first of its kind in the world.
• The closest airport to São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) is São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) NE of CGH.
• The airport was initially planned in 1919, but it did not open until 12 April 1936.
• On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL164.7 million investment plan to up-grade Congonhas Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, São Paulo being one of the venue cities.
• In 2012 the airport was ranked 3rd in terms of transported passengers, 2nd in terms of aircraft operations, and 6th in terms of cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
• São Paulo/Congonhas Airport Portuguese pronunciation:  is one of the three commercial airports serving São Paulo, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "São Paulo/Congonhas Airport", another name for CGH is "Aeroporto de São Paulo/Congonhas".