Nonstop flight route between Dourados, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Alta, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU), Dourados, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,386 miles (or 11,887 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 Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport and Alta 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 Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport and Alta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU):

• In addition to being known as "Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport", other names for DOU include "Aeroporto Francisco de Matos Pereira" and "SBDO".
• Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (meaning Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,285 miles (19,771 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
• The closest airport to Francisco de Matos Pereira Airport (DOU) is Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) WSW of DOU.

Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):

• Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
• Because of Alta Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Alta 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.
• Local politicians started discussing the airfield plans again in the mid-1950s, and an airport for Alta was included in the national airport plan launched in 1956.
• The furthest airport from Alta Airport (ALF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,502 miles (16,901 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Plans for expanding the 1,670-square-meter terminal facilities were first articulated by the Civil Airport Administration in the 1990s.
• Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
• The airport is located at Elvebakken and Altagård, on the southern shore of the Altafjord and at the mouth of the river of Altaelva, which is about 4 kilometers east of Bossekop in the town of Alta.
• SAS bought Braathens in 2001, resulting in the latter taking over the service to Oslo starting on 1 April 2002.
• In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".