Nonstop flight route between Recife, Brazil and Hulhulé Island, Maldives:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (REC), Recife, Brazil and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE), HulhulĂ© Island, Maldives would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,520 miles (or 12,102 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 Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport and Ibrahim Nasir International 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 Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport and Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | REC / SBRF |
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Location: | Recife, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°7'35"S by 34°55'22"W |
Area Served: | Recife |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from REC |
More Information: | REC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLE / VRMM |
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Location: | Hulhulé Island, Maldives |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°11'30"N by 73°31'44"E |
Area Served: | Malé, Maldives |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Maldives |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLE |
More Information: | MLE Maps & Info |
Facts about Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (REC):
- The Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center, section 3 is located in the vicinity of the airport.
- Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport is the airport of Recife, Brazil.
- The furthest airport from Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) is Guam International Airport (GUM), which is nearly antipodal to Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (meaning Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Guam International Airport), and is located 12,066 miles (19,419 kilometers) away in HagĂ„tña, Guam.
- Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport handled 6,840,276 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport (REC) is Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA), which is located 68 miles (109 kilometers) N of REC.
- Because of Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International 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.
- In 2004 a brand-new passenger terminal was built, including a new shopping mall, thus generating more traffic and revenue.
- In addition to being known as "Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre International Airport", another name for REC is "Aeroporto Internacional do Recife/GuararapesâGilberto Freyre".
Facts about Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE):
- Ibrahim Nasir International first started out as a small strip of land in the then inhabited island of Hulhulé.
- The closest airport to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Villa International Airport (VAM), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) SW of MLE.
- Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) currently has only 1 runway.
- More than 1200 employees from Maldives Airports Company Ltd will be transferred to GMR Malé International Airport Pvt.
- The agreement signed between the Maldives government and GMR Group included the upgrading and renovation of the airport up to the standard of a global airport by the year 2014.
- The furthest airport from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,289 miles (18,168 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, GalĂĄpagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Because of Ibrahim Nasir International Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Ibrahim Nasir International 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.
- MACL continued to own the Male' International Airport and manage some of the other airports in Maldives.
- In addition to being known as "Ibrahim Nasir International Airport", another name for MLE is "ȚȚšȚȚ°ȚȚ§ȚȚšȚȚ° ȚȚ§ȚȚšȚȚȘ ȚȚŠȚȚšȚȚŠȚȚ°ȚȚŠȚ€ȚȘȚȚ§ȚȚ© ȚȚŠȚȚšȚȚŹȚȚŠȚȚȚŠȚȚȘ".
- In late 2012, the government of Maldives declared that the concession agreement was void ab initio and on 27 November 2012 gave GMIAL a deadline of 7 days to evict the airport'.
- When the tourism industry in the Maldives began in 1972, the country was in need of an international standard airport to transport tourists to the resort islands.