Nonstop flight route between Toussus-le-Noble, France and Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), Toussus-le-Noble, France and Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,509 miles (or 8,866 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 Toussus-le-Noble Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins 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 Toussus-le-Noble Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF):

• The furthest airport from Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Toussus-le-Noble Airport (meaning Toussus-le-Noble Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,089 miles (19,455 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Under American control, the Ninth Air Force assigned the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group to the airport which flew a variety of photo-reconnaissance aircraft until the end of September 1944.
• Because of Toussus-le-Noble Airport's relatively low elevation of 538 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussus-le-Noble 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.
• It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 28 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign.
• In addition to being known as "Toussus-le-Noble Airport", another name for TNF is "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-46".
• It was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, and was used by Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, a Luftwaffe dive bombing wing, during the Battle of Britain flying Junkers Ju 87 "Stukas" and later Dornier Do 17 light bombers between December 1940 and March 1941.
• Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF) is Paris Orly Airport (ORY), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of TNF.

Facts about Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF):

• The closest airport to Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of CNF.
• On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL342.3 million investiment plan to up-grade Tancredo Neves International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Belo Horizonte being one of the venue cities.
• In addition to being known as "Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport", another name for CNF is "Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves/Confins".
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport handled 10,301,288 passengers last year.
• After its inauguration, just a small fraction of the capacity of Confins was used.
• Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In order to revert this scenario, in March 2005 the government of the state of Minas Gerais with the support of agencies of the Federal government decided to restrict Pampulha to operations of aircraft with capacity of up to 50 passengers.
• The furthest airport from Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,945 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.