Nonstop flight route between St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Belo Horizonte, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST), St. Augustine, Florida, United States and Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), Belo Horizonte, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,246 miles (or 6,833 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade 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 Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST):

• In the postwar period, government subsidies made possible the establishment of "feeder airlines" providing air service to smaller cities, with St.
• VOR – 109.40 MHZILS/31 – 111.10 MHZ
• Because of Northeast Florida Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Northeast Florida Regional 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 furthest airport from Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,485 miles (18,483 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Northeast Florida Regional Airport", another name for UST is "SGJ".
• The closest airport to Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) is NAS Jacksonville (NIP), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NW of UST.
• Through the 1980s and 1990s the airport has added over 100 hangars for single and twin-engine airplanes and currently has over 200 based aircraft.
• Northeast Florida Regional Airport (UST) has 6 runways.
• In 1986 the airport was awarded Federal Aviation Regulations Part 139 certification by the Federal Aviation Administration, enabling the airport to operate scheduled and charter airline aircraft carrying more than 35 passengers.

Facts about Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU):

• Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport handled 989,599 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport", another name for PLU is "Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade".
• On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL8.4 million investiment plan to upgrade Pampulha 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.
• The closest airport to Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) is Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) N of PLU.
• The furthest airport from Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,958 miles (19,244 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The airport is located 8 km from downtown Belo Horizonte.
• Pampulha Airport was opened in 1933 as a support facility for the passenger flights operated by the Brazilian Air Force between Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza.
• With the great increase of traffic at Pampulha Airport, the facility became too small and unable to handle all operations.
• However, due to the long distance between Belo Horizonte and Confins, Pampulha remained the airport of choice for most airlines, eventually becoming overcrowded, while Confins was under-used.
• Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) currently has only 1 runway.