Nonstop flight route between Mulhouse, France and Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH), Mulhouse, France and Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,579 miles (or 7,370 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg and Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho 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 EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH):

• Swiss International Air Lines and Swiss European Airlines headquartered is on the grounds at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg in the Swiss section of the airport.
• The first enlargement project was approved by referendum in Basel in 1960 and, over the following decades, the terminals and runways were continually extended.
• Plans for the construction of a joint Swiss-French airport started in the 1930s, but were halted by the Second World War.
• In addition to being known as "EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg", other names for MLH include "Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse", "Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen" and "BSL, MLH".
• EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg handled 5,880,771 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) is EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of MLH.
• EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) has 2 runways.
• Prior to the formation of Swiss International Air Lines, the regional airline Crossair was headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport.
• The furthest airport from EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (meaning EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,113 miles (19,493 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg's relatively low elevation of 885 feet, planes can take off or land at EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg 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 airport is connected to motorway A3 which leads from Basel to the southeast of Switzerland passing Zürich.

Facts about Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB):

• The furthest airport from Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB) is Frans Kaisiepo Airport (BIK), which is nearly antipodal to Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (meaning Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Frans Kaisiepo Airport), and is located 12,118 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Biak, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport", another name for PHB is "Aeroporto Internacional de Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho".
• Because of Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho 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.
• Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB) is Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), which is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) W of PHB.
• The architecture of the terminal is inspired on Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro and it was opened on October 19, 1971.
• Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport handled 2,922 passengers last year.