Nonstop flight route between London, England, United Kingdom and Macapá, Amapá, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom and Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (MCP), Macapá, Amapá, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,604 miles (or 7,410 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 Gatwick Airport and Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre 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 Gatwick Airport and Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre 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 Gatwick Airport (LGW):

• The furthest airport from Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick 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 closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
• Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
• On 9 April 1965, a BUA One-Eleven operated the type's first commercial service from Gatwick to Genoa.
• In 1935, a new airline, Allied British Airways, was formed with the merger of Hillman's Airways, United Airways and Spartan Airways.
• The third extension to Gatwick's runway was completed in 1973, bringing it to 10,165 ft and allowing for non-stop narrow-body operations to the US west coast and commercially viable, long-range wide-body operations.Wardair became the first airline to operate Boeing 747s at Gatwick.KLM augmented its Heathrow–Amsterdam service with a Gatwick–Amsterdam route, making it the first non-UK airline to split operations between Heathrow and Gatwick for commercial reasons rather than to comply with government directives.
• Queen Elizabeth II flew into Gatwick on 9 June 1958 in a de Havilland Heron of the Queen's Flight for the opening.

Facts about Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (MCP):

• The furthest airport from Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (MCP) is Arso Airport (ARJ), which is nearly antipodal to Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (meaning Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arso Airport), and is located 12,210 miles (19,650 kilometers) away in Arso, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (MCP) is Serra do Areão Airport (MEU), which is located 124 miles (200 kilometers) WSW of MCP.
• In addition to being known as "Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport", another name for MCP is "Aeroporto Internacional de Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre".
• Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport handled 573,533 passengers last year.
• The airport is located 3 km from downtown Macapá.
• Because of Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport's relatively low elevation of 56 feet, planes can take off or land at Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre 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.
• Macapá-Alberto Alcolumbre International Airport (MCP) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of the Free Trade Zone of Macapá and Santana, regulated by the Federal Law 8.387, of December 30, 1991 at Macapá International Airport anyone, passengers or visitors, can purchase goods at the Duty Free Shops.