Nonstop flight route between Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Northolt (NHT), Ruislip, England, United Kingdom and Juruena Airport (JRN), Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,488 miles (or 8,832 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 Juruena 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 Juruena 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):

• 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.
• The closest airport to RAF Northolt (NHT) is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSW of NHT.
• Group Captain Tom Barrett, appointed station commander in September 2009 and the final station commander of neighbouring RAF Uxbridge, died on 10 March 2011 following a road traffic accident on the A40.Wing Commander Jules Stilwell paid tribute to Group Captain Barrett, saying, "Tom was an extraordinary person.
• Starting in 1946 the airfield was used by civil aviation during the construction of nearby Heathrow Airport.
• In December 1946, after taking off during a heavy snowstorm, a Douglas DC-3 operated by British European Airways, flying from Northolt to Glasgow, crashed onto the roof of a house in South Ruislip.
• Construction of the new aerodrome, to be named "RFC Military School, Ruislip", began in January 1915.
• RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station in South Ruislip, 2 nautical miles from Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
• 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.

Facts about Juruena Airport (JRN):

• The airport is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• Because of Juruena Airport's relatively low elevation of 525 feet, planes can take off or land at Juruena 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 closest airport to Juruena Airport (JRN) is Aripuanã Airport (AIR), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) W of JRN.
• The furthest airport from Juruena Airport (JRN) is Evelio Javier Airport (EUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Juruena Airport (meaning Juruena Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Evelio Javier Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines.
• Juruena Airport (JRN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Juruena Airport", another name for JRN is "Aeroporto de Juruena".