Nonstop flight route between Igiugig, Alaska, United States and Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Igiugig Airport (IGG), Igiugig, Alaska, United States and Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,148 miles (or 13,113 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 Igiugig Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins 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 Igiugig Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins 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 Igiugig Airport (IGG):

• The furthest airport from Igiugig Airport (IGG) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,686 miles (17,197 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.
• Because of Igiugig Airport's relatively low elevation of 90 feet, planes can take off or land at Igiugig 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.
• Igiugig Airport (IGG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Igiugig Airport (IGG) is Big Mountain Air Force Station (BMX), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) E of IGG.

Facts about Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF):

• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport, formerly called Confins International Airport, is the main airport serving Belo Horizonte and Metropolitan Area, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Confins.
• The airport is located 38 km north of downtown Belo Horizonte.
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport handled 10,301,288 passengers last year.
• On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL342.3 million investiment plan to up-grade Tancredo Neves International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Belo Horizonte being one of the venue cities.
• The closest airport to Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of CNF.
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In order to revert this scenario, in March 2005 the government of the state of Minas Gerais with the support of agencies of the Federal government decided to restrict Pampulha to operations of aircraft with capacity of up to 50 passengers.
• After its inauguration, just a small fraction of the capacity of Confins was used.
• In addition to being known as "Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport", another name for CNF is "Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves/Confins".
• The furthest airport from Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,945 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.