Nonstop flight route between Alotau, Papua New Guinea and Carajás, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gurney Airport (GUR), Alotau, Papua New Guinea and Carajás Airport (CKS), Carajás, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,635 miles (or 17,116 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 Gurney Airport and Carajás 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 Gurney Airport and Carajás Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gurney Airport (GUR):

• The furthest airport from Gurney Airport (GUR) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,966 miles (19,257 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
• Gurney Airport (GUR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Gurney Airport (GUR) is Vivigani Airport (VIV), which is located 69 miles (112 kilometers) N of GUR.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 88 feet above mean sea level.
• The airport is a single runway general aviation facility, however in December, 2008, the PNG Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Don Polye announced that aviation company Skyworld had been granted permission to operate direct flights from Cairns, Australia to Gurney.
• Because of Gurney Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Gurney 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.
• Built by the US Army 96th Engineer General Service Regiment, Company E of 46th Engineer General Service Regiment and No.

Facts about Carajás Airport (CKS):

• The airport is located 18 km from downtown Parauapebas.
• The closest airport to Carajás Airport (CKS) is Xinguara Airport (XIG), which is located 67 miles (109 kilometers) S of CKS.
• In addition to being known as "Carajás Airport", another name for CKS is "Aeroporto de Carajás".
• Carajás Airport (CKS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Carajás Airport handled 144,428 passengers last year.
• The airport was built by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce as a support to its mining activities.
• Carajás Airport is the airport serving Parauapebas, Brazil, located in the Carajás Mining Complex.
• The furthest airport from Carajás Airport (CKS) is Mati Airport (MXI), which is nearly antipodal to Carajás Airport (meaning Carajás Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mati Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines.