Nonstop flight route between Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia and Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia and Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR), Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,650 miles (or 13,921 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 Wagga Wagga Airport and Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira 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 Wagga Wagga Airport and Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA):

• Wagga Wagga Airport handled 207,633 passengers last year.
• Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA) has 2 runways.
• Regional Express Engineering heavy maintenance facility is based at Wagga Wagga Airport which provides maintenance for Saab 340 and Fairchild Metro SA-277 aircraft.
• The closest airport to Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA) is Cootamundra Airport (CMD), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) NE of WGA.
• Because of Wagga Wagga Airport's relatively low elevation of 724 feet, planes can take off or land at Wagga Wagga 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 Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is nearly antipodal to Wagga Wagga Airport (meaning Wagga Wagga Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flores Airport), and is located 12,130 miles (19,522 kilometers) away in Flores Island, Azores, Portugal.
• In September 2011, it was announced that Douglas Aerospace would be centralising its operations at the airport by April 2012, which will see the council's construction of two hangars speeded up.
• On 28 January 1992 the Wagga Wagga City Council secured a 30-year lease from the Commonwealth of Australia which included $2 million to upgrade the airport's runway which can handle a Boeing 737.
• In addition to being known as "Wagga Wagga Airport", another name for WGA is "RAAF Base Wagga".

Facts about Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR):

• The closest airport to Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR) is Usiminas Airport (IPN), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) SW of GVR.
• In addition to being known as "Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport", another name for GVR is "Aeroporto Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira".
• The furthest airport from Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,978 miles (19,277 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport (GVR) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira Airport's relatively low elevation of 561 feet, planes can take off or land at Coronel Altino Machado de Oliveira 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.