Nonstop flight route between Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Zagreb, Croatia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Zagreb International Airport (ZAG), Zagreb, Croatia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,967 miles (or 9,603 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 Zagreb 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 Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport and Zagreb 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 Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF):

• Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The aviation club of Juiz de Fora is based at the airport.
• Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport, popularly called Serrinha Airport, is an airport in Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
• 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 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.
• 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.

Facts about Zagreb International Airport (ZAG):

• In addition to being known as "Zagreb International Airport", another name for ZAG is "Međunarodna zračna luka Zagreb".
• The closest airport to Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) NNW of ZAG.
• Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Zagreb International Airport's relatively low elevation of 353 feet, planes can take off or land at Zagreb International 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.
• Construction on the new terminal officially started on 18 December 2013 and should be completed by mid to late 2016.
• Zagreb International Airport, also known as Pleso Airport after the nearby suburb of Pleso, is the main international airport of Croatia and also a base of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence.
• The passenger terminal underwent major design upgrade, new VIP terminal was added to the west of the current terminal in 2008, and new unified facade was also added in 2009.
• The furthest airport from Zagreb International Airport (ZAG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,809 miles (19,004 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 12 April 2012, Aeroports de Paris received a 30-year concession of the airport from the Government of Croatia.