Nonstop flight route between Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil and Ruislip, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR), Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil and RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,659 miles (or 9,108 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 Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport and RAF Northolt, 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 Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport and RAF Northolt. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR):

• Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR) is Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) NE of ITR.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport", another name for ITR is "Aeroporto Francisco Vilela do Amaral".
• The airport is located 7 km from downtown Itumbiara.
• The furthest airport from Francisco Vilela do Amaral Airport (ITR) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is located 11,924 miles (19,191 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.
• In 1916, No. 43 Squadron was formed under the command of Major Sholto Douglas.
• In December 1946, after taking off during a heavy snowstorm, a Douglas DC-3 operated by British European Airways, flying from Northolt to Glasgow, crashed onto the roof of a house in South Ruislip.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.
• The statue, Letter from Home, of a First World War soldier reading a letter was moved from outside Inglis Barracks in Mill Hill to RAF Northolt in June 2007.
• Attention was high again in 2001 when Ronnie Biggs, the seriously ill, fugitive Great Train Robber, was flown from Brazil to the airfield to be arrested by waiting police officers.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.