Nonstop flight route between Mmabatho, South Africa and Porto Velho, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mafikeng Airport (MBD), Mmabatho, South Africa and Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH), Porto Velho, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,923 miles (or 9,532 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 Mafikeng Airport and Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte), 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 Mafikeng Airport and Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MBD / FAMM |
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Location: | Mmabatho, South Africa |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°48'27"S by 25°32'39"E |
Area Served: | Mafikeng, South Africa |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4181 feet (1,274 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MBD |
More Information: | MBD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PVH / SBPV |
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Location: | Porto Velho, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°42'48"S by 63°54'10"W |
Area Served: | Porto Velho |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 289 feet (88 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PVH |
More Information: | PVH Maps & Info |
Facts about Mafikeng Airport (MBD):
- In addition to being known as "Mafikeng Airport", another name for MBD is "Mmabatho Airport".
- The closest airport to Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Lobatse Airport (LOQ), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNE of MBD.
- Because of Mafikeng Airport's high elevation of 4,181 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MBD. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MBD a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Mafikeng Airport (MBD) is Kalaupapa Airport (LUP), which is nearly antipodal to Mafikeng Airport (meaning Mafikeng Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kalaupapa Airport), and is located 12,081 miles (19,443 kilometers) away in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.
- Mafikeng Airport (MBD) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH):
- The furthest airport from Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Kudat Airport (KUD), which is nearly antipodal to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (meaning Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kudat Airport), and is located 12,303 miles (19,800 kilometers) away in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia.
- In addition to being known as "Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)", another name for PVH is "Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (Belmonte)".
- Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) handled 1,050,682 passengers last year.
- Because of Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)'s relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) 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.
- Some of its facilities are shared with the Porto Velho Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
- The closest airport to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Lábrea Airport (LBR), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) NNW of PVH.
- The airport was opened on April 16, 1969 as a replacement to Caiari Airport, which was then closed.