Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Barra do Garças Airport (BPG), Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,605 miles (or 9,020 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 RAF Northolt and Barra do Garças 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 RAF Northolt and Barra do Garças Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Northolt (NHT):

• Civil flights ceased when the central area at Heathrow opened in 1954 with Northolt reverting to sole military use in May that year.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• The furthest airport from RAF Northolt (NHT) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,871 miles (19,105 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In August 1996, a Spanish Learjet operated by Mar Aviation overshot runway 25 and collided with a van heading eastward on the A40 Western Avenue.
• Northolt became an active base during the Second World War for Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force squadrons in their defence of the United Kingdom.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• Four Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft arrived at the station from RAF Coningsby on 2 May 2012 to take part in a security exercise as part of preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
• After the Battle of Britain, the station remained a base for daytime fighter operations, with No.
• Squadrons based at RAF Northolt during the battle shot down a total of 148 Luftwaffe aircraft and damaged 52.
• During 1952 a total of 50,000 air movements were recorded per annum, making the airfield the busiest in Europe.

Facts about Barra do Garças Airport (BPG):

• The furthest airport from Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is nearly antipodal to Barra do Garças Airport (meaning Barra do Garças Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Virac Airport), and is located 12,160 miles (19,569 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• In addition to being known as "Barra do Garças Airport", another name for BPG is "Aeroporto de Barra do Garças".
• Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Barra do Garças Airport (BPG) is Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN), which is located 216 miles (348 kilometers) ESE of BPG.