Nonstop flight route between Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt and Altamira, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ), Sharq Al-Owainat, Egypt and Altamira Airport (ATM), Altamira, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,731 miles (or 9,223 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 Sharq Al-Owainat Airport and Altamira 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 Sharq Al-Owainat Airport and Altamira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ):

• In August 2009, EgyptAir signed an agreement with a UAE-based agricultural inventment firm Janan Investment Company to operate a weekly Sunday flight from the capital's Cairo International Airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport in order to serve the movement of workers and investors to encourage agricultural investment in the region.
• Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is nearly antipodal to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (meaning Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rurutu Airport), and is located 12,425 miles (19,996 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• Because of Sharq Al-Owainat Airport's relatively low elevation of 859 feet, planes can take off or land at Sharq Al-Owainat 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.
• Sharq Al-Owainat Airport is a small airport serving Sharq Al-Owainat which is located in Western Desert of Egypt.
• The airport is managed under a Build-Operate-Transfer operation.
• The closest airport to Sharq Al-Owainat Airport (GSQ) is Al Hufalysin Airport (ABS), which is located 185 miles (298 kilometers) E of GSQ.

Facts about Altamira Airport (ATM):

• In addition to being known as "Altamira Airport", another name for ATM is "Aeroporto de Altamira".
• The closest airport to Altamira Airport (ATM) is Serra do Areão Airport (MEU), which is located 165 miles (265 kilometers) N of ATM.
• Altamira Airport (ATM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Altamira Airport handled 151,626 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Altamira Airport (ATM) is Melangguane Airport (MNA), which is nearly antipodal to Altamira Airport (meaning Altamira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Melangguane Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Melangguane, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
• The airport was inaugurated in 1979.
• Because of Altamira Airport's relatively low elevation of 368 feet, planes can take off or land at Altamira 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.