Nonstop flight route between Maceió, Brazil and Skopje, Macedonia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ), Maceió, Brazil and Skopje Airport (SKP), Skopje, Macedonia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,077 miles (or 8,170 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 Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport and Skopje 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 Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport and Skopje Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ):

• The closest airport to Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) is Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport (REC), which is located 113 miles (181 kilometers) NNE of MCZ.
• Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 25 km from downtown Maceió.
• Because of Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport's relatively low elevation of 347 feet, planes can take off or land at Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares 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.
• Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport handled 1,943,437 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport", another name for MCZ is "Aeroporto Internacional Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares".
• The furthest airport from Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport (meaning Maceió/Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,160 miles (19,569 kilometers) away in Hagåtña, Guam.

Facts about Skopje Airport (SKP):

• After the Second World War, Aeroput was replaced by JAT Yugoslav Airlines, which linked Skopje to a number of domestic and international destinations until the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
• Skopje Airport (SKP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In December 2006 the government of the Republic of Macedonia announced plans to rename the airport after Alexander the Great, sparking a renewed diplomatic spat with Greece, because both countries consider Alexander the Great as part of their own heritage.
• The furthest airport from Skopje Airport (SKP) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,514 miles (18,530 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Skopje Airport (SKP) is Pristina International Airport "Adem Jashari" (PRN), which is located 52 miles (84 kilometers) NW of SKP.
• Pre-ordered taxis to Skopje should cost not more than 1600 MKD.
• Skopje Airport handled 98,440 passengers last year.
• In 2008 the Macedonian Government signed a contract with the Turkish company Tepe Akfen Ventures for a twenty-year long concession during which this company would manage Macedonia's two existing airports - the Skopje Alexander the Great Airport and the St.
• In addition to being known as "Skopje Airport", other names for SKP include "Аеродром Скопје" and "Aerodrom Skopje".
• Because of Skopje Airport's relatively low elevation of 781 feet, planes can take off or land at Skopje 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.