Nonstop flight route between Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Darwin International Airport (DRW), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and Minaçu Airport (MQH), Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,642 miles (or 17,126 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 Darwin International Airport and Minaçu 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 Darwin International Airport and Minaçu Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Darwin International Airport (DRW):

• Darwin International Airport (DRW) has 2 runways.
• Darwin Airport has an international terminal, a domestic terminal and a cargo terminal.
• In April 2009 Garuda Indonesia suspended the Denpasar service from Darwin after nearly 30 years of service, citing "economic reasons".
• Darwin International Airport handled 1,743,734 passengers last year.
• In 1945 the Department of Aviation made the existing Darwin military airfield available for civil aviation purpose.
• During the 2009–10 financial year there was a total of 1,569,007 passengers which consisted of 207,825 international passengers and 1,361,182 domestic passengers, up 2.0%.
• The furthest airport from Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is located 11,867 miles (19,099 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
• The closest airport to Darwin International Airport (DRW) is Bathurst Island Airport (BRT), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) NNW of DRW.
• In addition to being known as "Darwin International Airport", another name for DRW is "RAAF Base Darwin".
• Darwin Airport has scheduled flights to destinations in the Northern Territory, around Australia and in Southeast Asia.
• Because of Darwin International Airport's relatively low elevation of 103 feet, planes can take off or land at Darwin International 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.

Facts about Minaçu Airport (MQH):

• The closest airport to Minaçu Airport (MQH) is Arraias Airport (AAI), which is located 96 miles (154 kilometers) ENE of MQH.
• Minaçu Airport (MQH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Minaçu Airport", other names for MQH include "Aeroporto de Minaçu" and "SWIQ".
• The furthest airport from Minaçu Airport (MQH) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is located 11,971 miles (19,265 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.