Nonstop flight route between Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA), Leeds / Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom and Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,569 miles (or 7,353 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Barreirinhas 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport and Barreirinhas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA):

• On 4 November 1984, the day the runway extension was officially opened, Wardair commenced transatlantic flights from Leeds Bradford to Toronto, using Boeing 747s, though these flights were later discontinued.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport handled 3,318,358 passengers last year.
• Because of Leeds Bradford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 681 feet, planes can take off or land at Leeds Bradford 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.
• The furthest airport from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,780 miles (18,959 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In November 2009, Jet2 brought a US destination back to Leeds Bradford for the first time in over 15 years, introducing seasonal flights to Newark International.
• The closest airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) is Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SSE of LBA.
• In August 1986, an Air France Concorde charter flight from Paris landed at Leeds Bradford for the first time, and an estimated 60,000 people were there to see it.
• On 16 June 2011, Ryanair announced that they would start two new routes to Eastern Europe, meeting the pledge they made two years previously.
• In November 2008 the early stages of the airport masterplan were clarified, with in-depth detailed plans for the expansion of the airport terminal being published, at an estimated cost of £28 million.
• In 2013, BMI Regional ceased all flights from Leeds/Bradford, it is said the airport are looking for a replacement airline to operate the Brussels route.
• Bridgepoint Capital and Leeds City Council hope that by redeveloping the airport, it will attract even more companies, jobs and people to the area which already has a population of 2.9 million.
• The original runway was closed on 6 October 2005, to be redeveloped as a taxiway and to provide additional apron space.
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Barreirinhas Airport (BRB):

• The closest airport to Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) E of BRB.
• A new runway is presently under construction.
• Because of Barreirinhas Airport's relatively low elevation of 66 feet, planes can take off or land at Barreirinhas 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.
• Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Barreirinhas Airport is the airport serving Barreirinhas, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Barreirinhas Airport", another name for BRB is "Aeroporto de Barreirinhas".
• The furthest airport from Barreirinhas Airport (BRB) is Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), which is nearly antipodal to Barreirinhas Airport (meaning Barreirinhas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Frans Kaisiepo Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,560 kilometers) away in Biak, Indonesia.