Nonstop flight route between Porto Velho, Brazil and St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH), Porto Velho, Brazil and St Mary's Airport (ISC), St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,320 miles (or 8,561 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 Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) and St Mary's 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 Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) and St Mary's Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH):

• Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) handled 1,050,682 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Kudat Airport (KUD), which is nearly antipodal to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (meaning Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kudat Airport), and is located 12,303 miles (19,800 kilometers) away in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia.
• In addition to being known as "Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)", another name for PVH is "Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (Belmonte)".
• Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was opened on April 16, 1969 as a replacement to Caiari Airport, which was then closed.
• The closest airport to Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) is Lábrea Airport (LBR), which is located 118 miles (189 kilometers) NNW of PVH.
• Because of Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte)'s relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) 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.

Facts about St Mary's Airport (ISC):

• The closest airport to St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Tresco Heliport (TSO), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) NW of ISC.
• In addition to being known as "St Mary's Airport", other names for ISC include "Isles of Scilly Airport" and "Scilly Isles/St Mary's Airport".
• Because of St Mary's Airport's relatively low elevation of 116 feet, planes can take off or land at St Mary's 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 St Mary's Airport (ISC) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to St Mary's Airport (meaning St Mary's Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,501 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• On 2 May 1964, BEA replaced its Dragon Rapides on the Land's End route with a single Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, operated by BEA Helicopters.
• In May 2013, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and the Council of the Isles of Scilly submitted a joint bid for finance from the European Regional Development Fund for improvements to the terminal, new lighting and navigational systems and runway resurfacing, together with runway resurfacing at Land's End Airport.
• St Mary's Airport (ISC) has 2 runways.
• St Mary's Airport handled 89,170 passengers last year.
• In 1938 Great Western and Southern Airlines took over Olley Air Service and Channel Air Ferries.