Nonstop flight route between Mountain View, California, United States and Londrina, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States and Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,227 miles (or 10,021 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Londrina-Governador José Richa 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 Moffett Federal Airfield and Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ):

• The closest airport to Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (PAO), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of NUQ.
• Because of Moffett Federal Airfield's relatively low elevation of 32 feet, planes can take off or land at Moffett Federal Airfield 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.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• Moffett Field's Hangars Two and Three were built at the beginning of WWII for a program of coastal defense.
• In August 1986 during the NAS Moffett Field Airshow, the Italian demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, and the German Navy's F-104 flight demonstration team, the Vikings, performed in front of the crowd.
• The furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Upon taking jurisdiction of Moffett Field, the Army took on the high cost of Hangar One's maintenance and wanted to inactivate the facility.
• In 1931, the city of Sunnyvale acquired a 1,000 acres parcel of farmland bordering San Francisco Bay, paid for with nearly $480,000 raised by the citizens of Santa Clara County, then "sold" the parcel for $1 to the US government as a home base for the Navy airship USS Macon.
• The airship hangar's interior is so large that fog sometimes forms near the ceiling.
• The adjacent NASA Ames Research Center is also home to several wind tunnels, including the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.

Facts about Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB):

• The furthest airport from Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (meaning Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport", another name for LDB is "Aeroporto de Londrina-Governador José Richa".
• Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport handled 1,098,768 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) W of LDB.
• Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 5 km southeast from downtown Londrina.