Nonstop flight route between São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Bristol Filton Airport (FZO), Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,743 miles (or 9,242 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 Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport and Bristol Filton 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 Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport and Bristol Filton Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SJP / SBSR |
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Location: | São José do Rio Preto, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 20°48'57"S by 49°24'16"W |
Area Served: | São José do Rio Preto |
Operator/Owner: | DAESP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1781 feet (543 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SJP |
More Information: | SJP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FZO / EGTG |
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Location: | Filton, Bristol, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°31'9"N by 2°35'36"W |
Area Served: | Bristol |
Operator/Owner: | BAE Systems Aviation Services Ltd |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 225 feet (69 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FZO |
More Information: | FZO Maps & Info |
Facts about Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP):
- The closest airport to Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) is Chafei Amsei State Airport (BAT), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) ENE of SJP.
- Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport handled 770,569 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport", another name for SJP is "Aeroporto Estadual Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino".
- Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (meaning Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,087 miles (19,452 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
Facts about Bristol Filton Airport (FZO):
- Because of Bristol Filton Airport's relatively low elevation of 225 feet, planes can take off or land at Bristol Filton 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 Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Bristol Airport (BRS), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of FZO.
- Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The length of the runway and its closed-to-passengers status made it an ideal dispersion site for the nation's airborne nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.
- In 1977 British Aerospace became the owner of the Filton site.
- The furthest airport from Bristol Filton Airport (FZO) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,930 miles (19,200 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- During the early 1950s, British Overseas Airways Corporation flew their Lockheed Constellations and Boeing Stratocruisers into Filton to be serviced in the newly completed Brabazon Hangar, then the largest hangar in the world.
- In addition to being known as "Bristol Filton Airport", another name for FZO is "Filton Aerodrome".
- Before World War II, there were only grass runways at Filton.