Nonstop flight route between Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,700 miles (or 7,564 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 Munich Airport and Pinto Martins – Fortaleza 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 Munich Airport and Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• Most of the airport's facilities are located in the area between the two runways.
• The terminal is operated by Terminal-2-Betriebsgesellschaft, which is owned by Flughafen München GmbH and Lufthansa.
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• The 1,081 m pier features 21 jet bridges, two of which have been rebuilt into waiting halls for bus transfers.
• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• In June 2003, Terminal 2 was finished, housing Star Alliance partners exclusively.
• Terminal 2 commenced operation on 29 June 2003.
• A third runway would increase the number schedulable aircraft movements per hour from 90 to 120.

Facts about Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR):

• Some of its facilities are shared with the Fortaleza Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
• Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport", another name for FOR is "Aeroporto Internacional Pinto Martins – Fortaleza".
• Because of Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Pinto Martins – Fortaleza 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.
• The furthest airport from Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) is Batom Airport (BXM), which is located 11,999 miles (19,310 kilometers) away in Batom, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport (FOR) is Gov. Dix-Sept Rosado Airport (MVF), which is located 127 miles (204 kilometers) SE of FOR.
• The airport is located 6 km south of downtown Fortaleza.
• Pinto Martins – Fortaleza International Airport handled 5,952,629 passengers last year.