Nonstop flight route between Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil and Moranbah, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP), Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil and Moranbah Airport (MOV), Moranbah, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,260 miles (or 16,512 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 Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport and Moranbah 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 Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport and Moranbah Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP):

• The furthest airport from Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP) is Roman Tmetuchl International Airport (ROR), which is nearly antipodal to Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (meaning Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Roman Tmetuchl International Airport), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Koror, Palau.
• Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Around the end of the 1960s studies were made for a completely new facility and the site of the present airport was chosen.
• Because of Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport's relatively low elevation of 431 feet, planes can take off or land at Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira 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.
• Imperatriz has a long tradition of air services, which started with at the end of the 1930s with Syndicato Condor using seaplanes which landed at Tocantins River.
• Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport handled 323,940 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport (IMP) is João Correa da Rocha Airport (MAB), which is located 116 miles (187 kilometers) W of IMP.
• In addition to being known as "Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira Airport", another name for IMP is "Aeroporto de Imperatriz-Prefeito Renato Moreira".

Facts about Moranbah Airport (MOV):

• Moranbah Airport (MOV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Hertz, Budget and Avis car rental companies all operate from the terminal.
• The furthest airport from Moranbah Airport (MOV) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,880 miles (19,119 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
• Because of Moranbah Airport's relatively low elevation of 770 feet, planes can take off or land at Moranbah 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 2010, to accommodate the growth and demand for more flights, BMA provided $47 million in funding to upgrade the runway and build a new terminal.
• The closest airport to Moranbah Airport (MOV) is Dysart Airport (DYA), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SSE of MOV.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 770 ft above sea level.
• The airport averages 65 QantasLink flights each week, most of these are Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.