Nonstop flight route between Sørvágur, Faroe Islands and Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vágar Airport (FAE), Sørvágur, Faroe Islands and Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ), Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,025 miles (or 11,306 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 Vágar Airport and Cerro Largo International 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 Vágar Airport and Cerro Largo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vágar Airport (FAE):

• In addition to being known as "Vágar Airport", another name for FAE is "Vága FloghavnVágar Lufthavn".
• Atlantic Airways Avro RJ at Vágar Airport
• The closest airport to Vágar Airport (FAE) is Scatsta Airport (SCS), which is located 228 miles (368 kilometers) ESE of FAE.
• The airport is currently managed by the Danish Transport Authority although the ownership of the airport was handed over to the Faroese government in May 2007.
• Because of Vágar Airport's relatively low elevation of 280 feet, planes can take off or land at Vágar 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.
• Vágar Airport handled 23,618 passengers last year.
• The airport was built by British Royal Engineers during World War II on the island of Vágar.
• After the war the airfield was abandoned and left unused until 1963 when it was reopened as a civilian airport at the initiative of two Sørvágur residents, Hugo Fjørðoy and Lars Larsen.
• Vágar Airport (FAE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Vágar Airport (FAE) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,373 miles (18,304 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• An arrival from Billund

Facts about Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ):

• The furthest airport from Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) is Jeju International Airport (CJU), which is nearly antipodal to Cerro Largo International Airport (meaning Cerro Largo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jeju International Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Jeju, South Korea.
• In addition to being known as "Cerro Largo International Airport", another name for MLZ is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Cerro Largo".
• Because of Cerro Largo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Cerro Largo 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.
• The closest airport to Cerro Largo International Airport (MLZ) is Cerro Largo International Airport (VCH), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) NNW of MLZ.