Nonstop flight route between Mota Lava, Vanuatu and Santarém, Pará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mota Lava Airport (MTV), Mota Lava, Vanuatu and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM), Santarém, Pará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,320 miles (or 15,000 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 Mota Lava Airport and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca 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 Mota Lava Airport and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mota Lava Airport (MTV):

• In addition to being known as "Mota Lava Airport", another name for MTV is "Valua Airport".
• The airport resides at an elevation of 63 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Mota Lava Airport (MTV) is Vanua Lava Airport (SLH), which is located only 17 miles (28 kilometers) SW of MTV.
• The furthest airport from Mota Lava Airport (MTV) is Kédougou Airport (KGG), which is nearly antipodal to Mota Lava Airport (meaning Mota Lava Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kédougou Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,893 kilometers) away in Kédougou, Senegal.
• Because of Mota Lava Airport's relatively low elevation of 63 feet, planes can take off or land at Mota Lava 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.
• Valua airport is 12 km away from the island's main center.

Facts about Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM):

• The furthest airport from Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) is Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC), which is nearly antipodal to Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (meaning Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Manado, Indonesia.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport", another name for STM is "Aeroporto de Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca".
• The airport is located 15 km from downtown Santarém.
• The closest airport to Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM) is Porto de Trombetas Airport (TMT), which is located 129 miles (208 kilometers) WNW of STM.
• Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport handled 487,585 passengers last year.
• Because of Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport's relatively low elevation of 198 feet, planes can take off or land at Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca 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.