Nonstop flight route between União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil and Mountain View, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José Cleto Airport (QVB), União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil and Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), Mountain View, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,362 miles (or 10,239 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 José Cleto Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield, 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 José Cleto Airport and Moffett Federal Airfield. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about José Cleto Airport (QVB):

• In the 1960s, União da Vitória Airport was served by airlines with regular flights to Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre and other important cities, being a hub to regional airports.
• The furthest airport from José Cleto Airport (QVB) is Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA), which is nearly antipodal to José Cleto Airport (meaning José Cleto Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō), and is located 12,364 miles (19,898 kilometers) away in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
• The closest airport to José Cleto Airport (QVB) is Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) SSE of QVB.
• In addition to being known as "José Cleto Airport", another name for QVB is "Aeroporto José Cleto".
• The aircraft had difficulties to reach their destination, particularly because the train that was carrying the aircraft and troops was attacked by the rebels.
• José Cleto Airport handled 333 passengers last year.
• It is operated by the Municipality of União da Vitória under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná.
• José Cleto Airport (QVB) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Moffett Federal Airfield (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.
• Post-Cold War defense cutbacks and related Base Realignment and Closure actions in the 1990s identified NAS Moffett Field for closure.
• The naval air station was authorized by an Act of Congress, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 12 February 1931.
• 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.
• 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 furthest airport from Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,365 miles (18,290 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The US Navy is evaluating options for remediating the PCBs, lead and asbestos, and NASA is evaluating options for reuse of the hangar.
• Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) has 2 runways.
• On April 16, 1942, control of the facility was returned to the Navy and it was re-commissioned as NAS Sunnyvale.