Nonstop flight route between Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil and RAF Lossiemouth (LMO), Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,957 miles (or 9,587 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 Álvares de Assis Airport and RAF Lossiemouth, 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 Álvares de Assis Airport and RAF Lossiemouth. 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 Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF):

• The airport is located 6 km from the centre of Juiz de Fora.
• The closest airport to Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) is Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) NE of JDF.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport", another name for JDF is "Aeroporto Francisco Álvares de Assis".
• On 3 April 2014 the airport ceased to receive commercial flights.
• The furthest airport from Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (meaning Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,073 miles (19,430 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The aviation club of Juiz de Fora is based at the airport.

Facts about RAF Lossiemouth (LMO):

• The furthest airport from RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,609 miles (18,682 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) is Kinloss Barracks (FSS), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) WSW of LMO.
• From Summer 2014, the Northern Quick Reaction Alert force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of RAF Leuchars.
• The President of Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn stated in an interview with Space.co.uk on 29 April 2008 that the company was considering flying from RAF Lossiemouth during the summer months only.
• On 1 July 1991, the Shackletons of 8 Squadron retired from service and on 1 October 1991 237 Operational Conversion Unit was disbanded.