Nonstop flight route between Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and São Luís, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), São Luís, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,596 miles (or 7,397 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical), 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):

• In the beginning Prestwick was the only Scottish airport allowed to operate a transatlantic link, largely due to the benign weather conditions on the Ayrshire coast.
• Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
• Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
• As part of the privatisation of the UK's search and rescue service, Bristow Helicopters will base two AgustaWestland AW189 helicopters in a new hangar, replacing HMS Gannet by mid-2017.
• The airport was owned by Infratil, a New Zealand company and majority owner of Wellington International Airport Infratil also owned Manston Airport until November 2013.
• Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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.
• Glasgow Prestwick Airport is Glasgow's second airport, it also serves the Greater Glasgow urban area, situated 1 nautical mile Northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and 32 mi from the city centre of Glasgow.
• The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Scottish Aviation built a factory using the original terminal building and hangars at Prestwick, which from 1974 produced such aircraft as the Prestwick Pioneers, and later the Jetstream and Bulldog.

Facts about Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ):

• Because of Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)'s relatively low elevation of 178 feet, planes can take off or land at Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) 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 Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is nearly antipodal to Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (meaning Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kornasoren Airport), and is located 12,186 miles (19,611 kilometers) away in Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia.
• The present passenger terminal was opened in June 1998.
• Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport, formerly called Tirirical Airport, is the airport serving São Luís, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)", another name for SLZ is "Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Cunha Machado (Tirirical)".
• The closest airport to Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) is Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) E of SLZ.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) handled 1,991,094 passengers last year.
• Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) has 2 runways.