Nonstop flight route between Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil and Bangkok, Thailand:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guanambi Airport (GNM), Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil and Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK), Bangkok, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,992 miles (or 16,080 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 Guanambi Airport and Suvarnabhumi 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 Guanambi Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Guanambi Airport (GNM):

• Guanambi Airport (GNM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Guanambi Airport", another name for GNM is "Aeroporto de Guanambi".
• The airport is located 4 km from Guanambi city centre.
• The furthest airport from Guanambi Airport (GNM) is Yap International Airport (YAP), which is nearly antipodal to Guanambi Airport (meaning Guanambi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yap International Airport), and is located 12,107 miles (19,484 kilometers) away in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• The closest airport to Guanambi Airport (GNM) is Bom Jesus da Lapa Airport (LAZ), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) NW of GNM.

Facts about Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK):

• Because of Suvarnabhumi Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Suvarnabhumi 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.
• Many difficulties were recorded in the first few days of the airport's operation.
• The closest airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NBK.
• The furthest airport from Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning Suvarnabhumi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) has 2 runways.
• The 8,400 acres plot of land occupied by the airport was purchased in 1973, but the student-led protests on 14 October that year led the overthrow of the military government of Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn and the project was shelved.
• The airport was due to open in late 2005, but a series of budget overruns, construction flaws, and allegations of corruption plagued the project.
• The integration of structural form into overall aesthetics is a phenomenon personally described by Helmut Jahn as "archi-neering".
• In January 2007, ruts were discovered in the runways at Suvarnabhumi.
• Full tests of the airport took place on 3 and 29 July 2006.
• In addition to being known as "Suvarnabhumi Airport", other names for NBK include "ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ" and "BKK".