Nonstop flight route between Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Frankfurt, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU), Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,625 miles (or 10,661 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 João Batista Bos Filho Airport and Frankfurt 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 João Batista Bos Filho Airport and Frankfurt Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU):

• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• In addition to being known as "João Batista Bos Filho Airport", another name for IJU is "Aeroporto João Batista Bos Filho".
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU) is Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) WNW of IJU.
• The furthest airport from João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to João Batista Bos Filho Airport (meaning João Batista Bos Filho Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,297 miles (19,790 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.
• It is operated by DAP.

Facts about Frankfurt Airport (FRA):

• Frankfurt Airport handled 5,752,725 passengers last year.
• The new terminal, called Terminal Mitte and divided into three concourses with 56 gates and an electric baggage handling system, was opened to the public on 14 March 1972.
• The furthest airport from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,946 miles (19,225 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 10 October 2012, an 800-meter-long westward expansion of Terminal 1 called Pier A-Plus went into operation.
• Plans to build a fourth runway at Frankfurt Airport had been under-way since 1997 but due to the violent conflicts with the building of the third runway, Fraport let residents groups and environmentalists participate in the process to find an agreeable solution.
• Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has 3 runways.
• With the foundation of Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1926 a rapid boom of civilian air travel started and soon the airship base became too small to handle the demand.
• The runway officially went into operation on 20 October 2011, with an aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel performing the first landing on 21 October.
• Because of Frankfurt Airport's relatively low elevation of 364 feet, planes can take off or land at Frankfurt 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.
• In 1951 restrictions for German air travellers were lifted and civil air traffic started to grow again.
• The closest airport to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is Lucius D. Clay KaserneWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Air BaseAdvanced Landing Ground Y-80Fliegerhorst Wiesbaden (WIE), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of FRA.
• In addition to being known as "Frankfurt Airport", another name for FRA is "Flughafen Frankfurt am Main".