Nonstop flight route between Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil and Gunsan, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil and Gunsan Airport (KUV), Gunsan, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,023 miles (or 16,131 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 Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport and Gunsan 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 Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport and Gunsan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR):

• Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport handled 5,952,629 passengers last year.
• In February 1998 a brand-new passenger terminal was opened.
• The closest airport to Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) is Gov. Dix-Sept Rosado Airport (MVF), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) SE of FOR.
• The furthest airport from Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) is Batom Airport (BXM), which is located 11,999 miles (19,310 kilometers) away in Batom, Indonesia.
• Because of Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Pinto Martins – Fortaleza 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.
• Since January 7, 1974 the airport is operated by Infraero and in 1997 it was upgraded to international category.
• In addition to being known as "Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport", another name for FOR is "Aeroporto Internacional Pinto Martins – Fortaleza".
• Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) currently has only 1 runway.
• During World War II, the airport was an important allied base supporting the Southern Atlantic operations.

Facts about Gunsan Airport (KUV):

• The furthest airport from Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Gunsan Airport (meaning Gunsan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,821 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• In addition to being known as "Gunsan Airport", other names for KUV include "군산공항 群山空港", "Gunsan Gonghang" and "Kunsan Konghang".
• The closest airport to Gunsan Airport (KUV) is Gwangju Airport (KWJ), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SSE of KUV.
• Because of Gunsan Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Gunsan 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.
• Gunsan Airport handled 133,242 passengers last year.
• Gunsan Airport (KUV) currently has only 1 runway.