Nonstop flight route between Bangkok, Thailand and Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK), Bangkok, Thailand and Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU), Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,632 miles (or 17,111 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NBK / VTBS |
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Location: | Bangkok, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°41'33"N by 100°45'0"E |
Area Served: | Bangkok |
Operator/Owner: | Airports of Thailand |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NBK |
More Information: | NBK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | IGU / SBFI |
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Location: | Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°36'1"S by 54°29'5"W |
Area Served: | Foz do Iguaçu and Argentina |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 786 feet (240 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from IGU |
More Information: | IGU Maps & Info |
Facts about Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK):
- The furthest airport from Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning Suvarnabhumi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
- The closest airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of NBK.
- Airports of Thailand found that the cost of fixing 60 identified problems at the airport would be less than 1% of the total airline cost and the problems could be fixed in up to four to five years.
- On 27 January 2007, however, the Department of Civil Aviation declined to renew the airport's safety certificate, which expired the previous day.
- Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK) has 2 runways.
- On 15 September 2006, the airport started limited daily operations with Jetstar Asia Airways operating three Singapore to Bangkok flights 3K511.
- Because of Suvarnabhumi Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Suvarnabhumi 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.
- Many difficulties were recorded in the first few days of the airport's operation.
- The airport inherited the airport code, BKK, from Don Mueang after the older airport ceased international commercial flights.
- In addition to being known as "Suvarnabhumi Airport", other names for NBK include "ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ" and "BKK".
Facts about Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU):
- Because of Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 786 feet, planes can take off or land at Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas 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 Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU) is Miyako Airport (MMY), which is nearly antipodal to Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (meaning Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miyako Airport), and is located 12,379 miles (19,921 kilometers) away in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan.
- Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport (IGU) is Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (IGR), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) S of IGU.
- In addition to being known as "Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport", another name for IGU is "Aeroporto Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas".
- Foz do Iguaçu/Cataratas International Airport handled 1,741,526 passengers last year.