Nonstop flight route between Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Eagle, Colorado (near Vail), United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), Eagle, Colorado (near Vail), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,772 miles (or 9,289 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 Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport and Eagle County Regional 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 Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport and Eagle County Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PLU / SBBH |
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Location: | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°51'6"S by 43°57'2"W |
Area Served: | Belo Horizonte |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 2589 feet (789 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PLU |
More Information: | PLU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EGE / KEGE |
Airport Name: | Eagle County Regional Airport |
Location: | Eagle, Colorado (near Vail), United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°38'32"N by 106°55'4"W |
Area Served: | Eagle, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | Eagle County |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6547 feet (1,996 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EGE |
More Information: | EGE Maps & Info |
Facts about Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU):
- The furthest airport from Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- The closest airport to Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) is Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) N of PLU.
- In addition to being known as "Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport", another name for PLU is "Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade".
- The airport is located 8 km from downtown Belo Horizonte.
- Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport handled 989,599 passengers last year.
- With the great increase of traffic at Pampulha Airport, the facility became too small and unable to handle all operations.
- Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE):
- Eagle County Regional Airport handled 218,105 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) S of EGE.
- Most major car rental companies are also present.
- While there is no standard published ILS approach at the airport, there is a special ILS approach, mostly used by the airlines, which requires permission and training from the FSDO.
- Because of Eagle County Regional Airport's high elevation of 6,547 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EGE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EGE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,946 miles (17,617 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.