Nonstop flight route between Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde and Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom:
Departure Airport:
(17°12'11"N by 25°5'27"W)
Arrival Airport:
(60°25'58"N by 1°17'45"W)
Distance from NTO to SCS:
3,211.80 miles (5,168.87 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde and Scatsta Airport (SCS), Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,212 miles (or 5,169 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 Agostinho Neto Airport and Scatsta Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | NTO / GVAN |
| Airport Name: | Agostinho Neto Airport |
| Location: | Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°12'11"N by 25°5'27"W |
| Area Served: | Ribeira-Grande, Praia, São Vicente, Sal |
| Operator/Owner: | ASA |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 32 feet (10 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from NTO |
| More Information: | NTO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SCS / EGPM |
| Airport Name: | Scatsta Airport |
| Location: | Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 60°25'58"N by 1°17'45"W |
| Area Served: | Shetland |
| Operator/Owner: | Serco UK and Europe on behalf of BP |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 81 feet (25 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SCS |
| More Information: | SCS Maps & Info |
Facts about Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO):
- The closest airport to Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO) is Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) S of NTO.
- Because of Agostinho Neto Airport's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Agostinho Neto 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 Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO) is Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI), which is located 11,990 miles (19,297 kilometers) away in Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia.
- Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Scatsta Airport (SCS):
- Scatsta Airport (SCS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Scatsta Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Scatsta 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 airport was first developed in 1940 as RAF Scatsta, a Royal Air Force fighter plane base to support Coastal Command flying boat operations at RAF Sullom Voe, and was the most northerly base in the British Isles.
- Construction started in Spring 1940, of two runways.
- The closest airport to Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Tingwall Airport (LWK), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) S of SCS.
- Scatsta Airport, is a commercial airport on Shetland in Scotland located 17 nautical miles north of Lerwick and 5 mi southwest of Sullom Voe Terminal.
- It was abandoned after World War II, but reinstated as a civilian airport in 1978 to support the Shetland oil industry, and the Sullom Voe oil terminal in particular.
- The furthest airport from Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,409 miles (18,361 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 25.66 miles (41.30 km) S | Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) | São Vicente, Cape Verde |     |
| 2 | 68.22 miles (109.78 km) SE | Preguiça Airport (SNE) | São Nicolau, Cape Verde | |
| 3 | 145.14 miles (233.57 km) ESE | Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) | Sal Island, Cape Verde | |
| 4 | 157.21 miles (253.00 km) SSE | Mosteiros Airport (MTI) | Mosteiros, Cape Verde | |
| 5 | 163.25 miles (262.73 km) ESE | Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC) | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | |
| 6 | 165.35 miles (266.11 km) SSE | São Filipe Airport (SFL) | Fogo, Cape Verde | |
| 7 | 188.48 miles (303.32 km) SE | Maio Airport (MMO) | Maio, Cape Verde | |
| 8 | 189.82 miles (305.49 km) SE | Praia International Airport (RAI) | Praia, Cape Verde | |
| 9 | 532.75 miles (857.37 km) ESE | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 10 | 576.66 miles (928.05 km) E | Saint-Louis Airport (XLS) | Saint-Louis, Senegal | |
| 11 | 580.58 miles (934.35 km) ENE | La Güera Airport (ZLG) | La Güera, Western Sahara | |
| 12 | 585.96 miles (943.00 km) ENE | Nouadhibou International Airport (NDB) | Nouadhibou, Mauritania | |
| 13 | 605.09 miles (973.79 km) E | Nouakchott International Airport (NKC) | Nouakchott, Mauritania | |
| 14 | 622.50 miles (1,001.81 km) ESE | Banjul International Airport (BJL) | Banjul, Gambia | |
| 15 | 626.09 miles (1,007.59 km) E | Richard Toll Airport (RDT) | Richard Toll, Senegal | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,990.34 miles (19,296.54 km) ESE | Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) | Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia | |
| 2 | 11,981.65 miles (19,282.55 km) ESE | Whitsunday Airport (WSY) | Airlie Beach, Australia | |
| 3 | 11,973.25 miles (19,269.02 km) SE | Mackay Airport (MKY) | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | |
| 4 | 11,965.82 miles (19,257.07 km) SSE | Misima Airport (MIS) | Misima Island, Papua New Guinea | |
| 5 | 11,963.03 miles (19,252.58 km) ESE | Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) | Proserpine, Queensland, Australia | |
| 6 | 11,957.35 miles (19,243.44 km) ESE | Bowen Airport (ZBO) | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | |
| 7 | 11,922.31 miles (19,187.05 km) SSE | Rockhampton Airport (ROK) | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | |
| 8 | 11,918.18 miles (19,180.40 km) SSE | Gladstone Airport (GLT) | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | |
| 9 | 11,913.99 miles (19,173.66 km) SW | Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY) | Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands | |
| 10 | 11,883.96 miles (19,125.32 km) ESE | Townsville Airport (TSV) | Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |
| 11 | 11,880.04 miles (19,119.02 km) SE | Moranbah Airport (MOV) | Moranbah, Queensland, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,879.17 miles (19,117.63 km) SSE | Bundaberg Airport (BDB) | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,878.43 miles (19,116.43 km) SE | Middlemount Airport (MMM) | Middlemount, Queensland, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,870.62 miles (19,103.87 km) SSE | Guasopa Airport (GAZ) | Guasopa, Papua New Guinea | |
| 15 | 11,870.43 miles (19,103.55 km) SE | Dysart Airport (DYA) | Dysart, Queensland, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 16.74 miles (26.94 km) S | Tingwall Airport (LWK) | Lerwick, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | 38.10 miles (61.31 km) S | Sumburgh Airport (LSI) | Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 3 | 63.11 miles (101.56 km) S | Fair Isle Airport (FIE) | Fair Isle, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 4 | 93.01 miles (149.68 km) SSW | Sanday Airport (NDY) | Sanday, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 5 | 99.88 miles (160.75 km) SSW | Stronsay Airport (SOY) | Stronsay, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 6 | 99.98 miles (160.90 km) SSW | Eday Airport (EOI) | Eday, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 116.23 miles (187.05 km) SSW | Kirkwall Airport (KOI) | Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom | |
| 8 | 150.27 miles (241.83 km) SSW | Wick Airport (WIC) | Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 201.91 miles (324.95 km) SSW | RAF Lossiemouth (LMO) | Lossiemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 10 | 208.44 miles (335.46 km) SSW | Kinloss Barracks (FSS) | Forres, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | 222.38 miles (357.88 km) SSW | Inverness Airport (INV) | Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 12 | 222.68 miles (358.37 km) E | Bergen-Flesland International Airport (BGO) | Bergen, Norway | |
| 13 | 225.51 miles (362.91 km) S | Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 14 | 226.00 miles (363.72 km) ENE | Florø Airport (FRO) | Florø, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway | |
| 15 | 228.37 miles (367.53 km) WNW | Vágar Airport (FAE) | Sørvágur, Faroe Islands | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,408.90 miles (18,360.79 km) SSE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,380.75 miles (18,315.49 km) SSE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,376.59 miles (18,308.81 km) SSE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,323.54 miles (18,223.43 km) SSE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,317.87 miles (18,214.30 km) SSE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,296.20 miles (18,179.43 km) SSE | Queenstown Airport (ZQN) | Queenstown, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,283.69 miles (18,159.30 km) SSE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,280.29 miles (18,153.82 km) SSE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,270.84 miles (18,138.61 km) SSW | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,261.03 miles (18,122.82 km) SSE | Milford Sound Airport (MFN) | Milford Sound, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,259.35 miles (18,120.12 km) SSE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,240.88 miles (18,090.40 km) SSE | Glentanner Aerodrome (GTN) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,238.26 miles (18,086.19 km) SSE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,231.61 miles (18,075.48 km) SSE | Mount Cook Airport (MON) | Mount Cook, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,209.78 miles (18,040.34 km) SSE | Fox Glacier Aerodrome (FGL) | Fox Glacier, New Zealand | |