Nonstop flight route between Maués, Amazonas, Brazil and West Chicago, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maués Airport (MBZ), Maués, Amazonas, Brazil and DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,667 miles (or 5,901 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 Maués Airport and DuPage 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 Maués Airport and DuPage Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maués Airport (MBZ):

• The furthest airport from Maués Airport (MBZ) is Pogogul Airport (UOL), which is nearly antipodal to Maués Airport (meaning Maués Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Pogogul Airport), and is located 12,270 miles (19,746 kilometers) away in Buol, Indonesia.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• In addition to being known as "Maués Airport", another name for MBZ is "Aeroporto de Maués".
• Maués Airport (MBZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Maués Airport (MBZ) is Júlio Belém Airport (PIN), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) NE of MBZ.
• Because of Maués Airport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Maués 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.

Facts about DuPage Airport (DPA):

• Because of DuPage Airport's relatively low elevation of 759 feet, planes can take off or land at DuPage 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.
• However, planners learned a lesson from the plight of the beleaguered, land-locked Midway Airport.
• The airport grew from 900 acres in 1985 to 2,800 acres by 1992, with the goal of maintaining control of all the property surrounding the runway complex.
• DuPage Airport sits on 1,200 acres and is the only general aviation airport in Illinois with four active runways, two ILS approaches, a 24-hour FAA air control tower, and over 40 aviation and non-aviation support businesses.
• DuPage Airport is located on what used to be sheep-grazing land, but in 1927, two Chicago entrepreneurs purchased the land and began barnstorming, using the field as a grass strip.
• DuPage Airport is a general aviation airport located 29 miles west of downtown Chicago in West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois.
• The furthest airport from DuPage Airport (DPA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,056 miles (17,792 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport has faced severe political criticism in the 1980s and 1990s.
• The closest airport to DuPage Airport (DPA) is Chicago/Aurora Municipal Airport (AUZ), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SW of DPA.
• DuPage Airport (DPA) has 4 runways.