Nonstop flight route between Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Knob Noster, Missouri, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ), Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL), Knob Noster, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,146 miles (or 8,282 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 Brigadeiro Cabral Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base, 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 Brigadeiro Cabral Airport and Whiteman Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ):

• The airport is located 6 km from downtown Divinópolis.
• In addition to being known as "Brigadeiro Cabral Airport", another name for DIQ is "Aeroporto Brigadeiro Cabral".
• Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located 11,975 miles (19,271 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) ENE of DIQ.
• A new passenger terminal was opened on June 1, 2012.

Facts about Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL):

• Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s.
• Several months after the air division's activation, on 30 Sep 1990, the 509th Bomb Wing moved its headquarters to Whiteman albeit in an unmanned and non-operational state.
• The Navy Reserve's Maritime Expeditionary Security Division 11, which provides light, mobile, short-duration, point defense Anti-Terrorism Force Protection forces for USN ships and aircraft and other high value assets in locations where U.S.
• The closest airport to Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Sedalia Regional Airport (DMO), which is located 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of SZL.
• The furthest airport from Whiteman Air Force Base (SZL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,815 miles (17,405 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the opening months of 1945 Sedalia AAFld began converting from C-47s to C-46s.
• The Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing and the active-duty 509th Bomb Wing have a unique relationship at Whiteman AFB, in that members of the two units work side-by-side on a daily basis, although the majority of the 131st Bomb Wing visits Whiteman only one weekend per month for drill.
• In addition to being known as "Whiteman Air Force Base", another name for SZL is "Whiteman AFB".