Nonstop flight route between Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Valera, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV), Valera, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,848 miles (or 7,802 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 Sheffield City Heliport and Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño 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 Sheffield City Heliport and Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SZD / EGSY | 
| Airport Name: | Sheffield City Heliport | 
| Location: | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 53°23'39"N by 1°23'18"W | 
| Area Served: | Sheffield | 
| Operator/Owner: | Peel Airports and Heliports | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 231 feet (70 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from SZD | 
| More Information: | SZD Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | VLV / SVVL | 
| Airport Name: | Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport | 
| Location: | Valera, Venezuela | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°20'26"N by 70°35'3"W | 
| Airport Type: | Civil | 
| Elevation: | 1893 feet (577 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from VLV | 
| More Information: | VLV Maps & Info | 
Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):
- The furthest airport from Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,799 miles (18,989 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
- An assessment commissioned by the City Council revealed it was losing £400,000 a year and was not sustainable.
- The closest airport to Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) is Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SZD.
- There has been a degree of controversy over whether there was any incentive for Peel to promote the airport.
- The airport was built, after a consultants report, on a short-runway STOLPORT model similar to London City Airport.
- Because of Sheffield City Heliport's relatively low elevation of 231 feet, planes can take off or land at Sheffield City Heliport 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.
- Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.
- Planning permission has been granted to turn the entire site into a business park, however in December 2012, Sheffield City Council received details of a bid to reopen the airport.
Facts about Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV):
- On December 29, 2012, during a press conference, executives of Avior Airlines, announced it will reopen flights to this destination, being operated by the subsidiary Avior Regional with two daily flights from Caracas from 1 April 2013.
- The closest airport to Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) is Barinas Airport (BNS), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) SSE of VLV.
- The furthest airport from Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (meaning Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,316 miles (19,821 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.
- State airline Conviasa serves Flights to Caracas.
- Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport (VLV) currently has only 1 runway.




