Nonstop flight route between Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Marília, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kinloss Barracks (FSS), Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII), Marília, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,128 miles (or 9,863 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 Kinloss Barracks and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State 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 Kinloss Barracks and Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Kinloss Barracks (FSS):

• On 26 July 2012 at 1200 the RAF Ensign was lowered for the last time, and replaced by the flag of 39 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, to become Kinloss Barracks.
• The furthest airport from Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,616 miles (18,694 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In April 2005, 206 Squadron was disbanded as part of a Defence review the previous year.
• On 2 September 2006, 12 Nimrod crew members from 120 Squadron crew 3 and 2 observers were killed when their Nimrod, serial number XV230, exploded over Afghanistan.
• The cancellation of the Nimrod MRA4 meant that Kinloss was no longer required by the RAF.
• The wartime Avro Lancaster was adapted without great upheaval for anti-submarine and search and rescue duties and RAF Kinloss changed from a bomber training unit, to a Coastal Command base training maritime aircrew.
• Kinloss Barracks (FSS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Kinloss Barracks's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kinloss Barracks 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 Kinloss Barracks (FSS) is RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) ENE of FSS.

Facts about Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII):

• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi Airport was opened in 1938.
• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) is Marcelo Pires Halzhausen State Airport (AIF), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) SW of MII.
• Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport handled 92,437 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (MII) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport (meaning Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,174 miles (19,591 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Frank Miloye Milenkowichi State Airport", another name for MII is "Aeroporto Estadual Frank Miloye Milenkowichi".