Nonstop flight route between Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil and Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,425 miles (or 8,731 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 Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport and Sarajevo 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 Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport and Sarajevo 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 Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS):

• Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (meaning Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,164 miles (19,576 kilometers) away in Hagåtña, Guam.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• The closest airport to Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport (IOS) is Porto Seguro Airport (BPS), which is located 112 miles (181 kilometers) S of IOS.
• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Ilhéus.
• In addition to being known as "Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport", another name for IOS is "Aeroporto de Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado".
• Because of Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport's relatively low elevation of 13 feet, planes can take off or land at Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado 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.
• Ilhéus/Bahia-Jorge Amado Airport handled 502,390 passengers last year.

Facts about Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ):

• The furthest airport from Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,701 miles (18,830 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) is Mostar International Airport (OMO), which is located 45 miles (72 kilometers) SSW of SJJ.
• Sarajevo International Airport, also known as Butmir Airport, is the main international airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located 3.3 NM southwest of the railway station in the capital city of Sarajevo in the suburb of Butmir.
• Sarajevo International Airport (SJJ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sarajevo International Airport", other names for SJJ include "Međunarodni aerodrom Sarajevo", "Međunarodna zračna luka Sarajevo" and "Међународни аеродром Сарајево".
• On 18 October 2005, Paddy Ashdown, the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, suspended a decision by Bosnian authorities to name the airport after Alija Izetbegović, the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina.