Nonstop flight route between Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom and Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Scatsta Airport (SCS), Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom and Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ), Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,577 miles (or 12,194 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 Scatsta Airport and Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz 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 Scatsta Airport and Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Scatsta Airport (SCS):

• Scatsta Airport (SCS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Scatsta Airport, is a commercial airport on Shetland in Scotland located 17 nautical miles north of Lerwick and 5 mi southwest of Sullom Voe Terminal.
• The furthest airport from Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,409 miles (18,361 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• The airport was first developed in 1940 as RAF Scatsta, a Royal Air Force fighter plane base to support Coastal Command flying boat operations at RAF Sullom Voe, and was the most northerly base in the British Isles.
• The closest airport to Scatsta Airport (SCS) is Tingwall Airport (LWK), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) S of SCS.
• In November 1944 Scatsta was used as a support base and diversion point for Lancasters from squadron 617, the famous "Dam Busters", led by Wing Commander J.
• Because of Scatsta Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Scatsta 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 first flight of the day from Scatsta to Aberdeen has no passengers from offshore – and can have anything up to about 60 passengers during the height of the season, although the figure is more commonly between 15 and 25 on an average day.

Facts about Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ):

• Because of Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport's relatively low elevation of 768 feet, planes can take off or land at Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz 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 closest airport to Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) is Comandante Espora Airport (BHI), which is located 90 miles (144 kilometers) S of CSZ.
• The furthest airport from Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) is Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA), which is nearly antipodal to Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (meaning Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Jinan, Shandong, China.
• Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport", other names for CSZ include "Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (Coronel Suárez)", "Aeropuerto Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz" and "SUZ".