Nonstop flight route between Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany and Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hannover Airport (HAJ), Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,833 miles (or 9,387 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 Hannover Airport and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International 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 Hannover Airport and Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hannover Airport (HAJ):

• The closest airport to Hannover Airport (HAJ) is Celle Air Base (ZCN), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of HAJ.
• TUIfly, which maintains a base at Hannover Airport, has dramatically reduced services in 2008 and 2009, and passed all its non-traditional holiday routes to Air Berlin late in 2009.
• Hannover Flughafen railway station is located beneath Terminal C and features frequent services of S-Bahn line S5 to Hannover city centre.
• From 1957 to 1990 the airport hosted the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung, Germany's largest airshow.
• The furthest airport from Hannover Airport (HAJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,776 miles (18,952 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Hannover Airport's relatively low elevation of 183 feet, planes can take off or land at Hannover 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.
• Hannover Airport was opened in Langenhagen in 1952, replacing an old airfield within the city limits of Hannover.
• As of November 2013 concourse A is closed for refurbishment scheduled until July 2014.
• In addition to being known as "Hannover Airport", another name for HAJ is "Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen".
• Hannover Airport (HAJ) has 3 runways.

Facts about Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB):

• The furthest airport from Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 11,887 miles (19,131 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
• In 1965 Oscar Niemeyer made a project to Brasília Airport to replace the wooden terminal.
• Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is the airport serving Brasília, Brazil.
• In 2012 the airport was ranked fourth in terms of transported passengers, third in terms of aircraft operations, and fifth in terms of cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
• The closest airport to Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) is Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN), which is located 101 miles (163 kilometers) WSW of BSB.
• The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center section 1 is located in the vicinity of the airport.
• Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport handled 15,665,045 passengers last year.
• Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport (BSB) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport", another name for BSB is "Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília–Pres. Juscelino Kubitschek".