Nonstop flight route between Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil and Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gurupi Airport (GRP), Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,540 miles (or 8,915 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 Gurupi Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, 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 Gurupi Airport and Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GRP / SWGI |
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| Location: | Gurupi, Goiás, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°44'24"S by 49°7'55"W |
| Area Served: | Gurupi |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1148 feet (350 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GRP |
| More Information: | GRP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FEL / ETSF |
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| Location: | Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°12'24"N by 11°15'59"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Unified Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 1703 feet (519 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FEL |
| More Information: | FEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Gurupi Airport (GRP):
- Gurupi Airport (GRP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gurupi Airport (GRP) is Sayak Airport (SOS), which is nearly antipodal to Gurupi Airport (meaning Gurupi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sayak Airport), and is located 12,083 miles (19,445 kilometers) away in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
- In addition to being known as "Gurupi Airport", another name for GRP is "Aeroporto de Gurupi".
- The closest airport to Gurupi Airport (GRP) is Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport (PMW), which is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) NNE of GRP.
Facts about Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL):
- The 36th FBW remained at Fürstenfeldbruck until 1952 when it was reassigned to Bitburg Air Base, west of the Rhine.
- The RAF and USAAF understood that Fürstenfeldbruck was being used extensively as a training base, and believed it to be of little strategic importance.
- Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72
- The furthest airport from Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) is Augsburg Airport (AGB), which is located 22 miles (35 kilometers) NW of FEL.
- Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base", another name for FEL is "Flugplatz FürstenfeldbruckAdvanced Landing Ground R-72".
- The Replacement Depot functioned until August 1948, when USAFE decided to use Fürstenfeldbruck as an operational jet base.
