Nonstop flight route between Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD), Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,611 miles (or 7,420 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 Shenandoah Valley 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 Shenandoah Valley 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: | SHD / KSHD |
Airport Name: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport |
Location: | Staunton / Waynesboro / Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°15'50"N by 78°53'47"W |
Area Served: | Staunton, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg |
Operator/Owner: | Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Comm. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1201 feet (366 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHD |
More Information: | SHD Maps & Info |
Facts about Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (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".
- Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport handled 989,599 passengers last year.
- 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.
- 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.
- With the great increase of traffic at Pampulha Airport, the facility became too small and unable to handle all operations.
Facts about Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD):
- Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (CHO), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ESE of SHD.
- The furthest airport from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,601 miles (18,670 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The airport, situated in Weyers Cave, Virginia, is operated by the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission, which consists of members from the cities of Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, and the counties of Augusta and Rockingham.