Nonstop flight route between São Luís, Brazil and Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ), São Luís, Brazil and Kobe Airport (UKB), Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,222 miles (or 16,451 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 Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) and Kobe 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 Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) and Kobe Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ):

• Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) has 2 runways.
• Because of Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)'s relatively low elevation of 178 feet, planes can take off or land at Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) 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 airport is located 15 km from downtown São Luís.
• In addition to being known as "Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical)", another name for SLZ is "Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Cunha Machado (Tirirical)".
• Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) handled 1,991,094 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) is Kornasoren Airport (FOO), which is nearly antipodal to Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (meaning Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kornasoren Airport), and is located 12,186 miles (19,611 kilometers) away in Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia.
• The present passenger terminal was opened in June 1998.
• The closest airport to Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport (Tirirical) (SLZ) is Barreirinhas Airport (BRB), which is located 99 miles (160 kilometers) E of SLZ.

Facts about Kobe Airport (UKB):

• The furthest airport from Kobe Airport (UKB) is Rio Grande Regional Airport (RIG), which is located 11,976 miles (19,273 kilometers) away in Rio Grande, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Kobe Airport", other names for UKB include "神戸空港" and "Kōbe Kūkō".
• In 2013, Kobe mayor Tatsuo Yada endorsed a proposal to consolidate the management of the three Kansai region airports by adding Kobe Airport to the planned sale in 2014 of operating concessions at Itami and Kansai, although the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported this to be unlikely given the advanced state of negotiations surrounding the concessions.
• Kobe Airport (UKB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Kobe Airport is connected to Kansai Airport by the Kobe-Kanku Bay Shuttle, a high speed ferry which completes the airport-to-airport journey in 29 minutes for ¥1,500.
• The city government of Kobe first proposed an airport adjacent to Port Island in 1971.
• Because of Kobe Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Kobe 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 Kobe Airport (UKB) is Kansai International Airport (KIX), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) S of UKB.
• The Transport Ministry has capped scheduled domestic operations at 30 daily flights, and has banned international flights with the exception of private aircraft and "own use" charters, in order to prevent overcrowding in the area's airspace and to protect the growth of Kansai Airport.