Nonstop flight route between Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bowman Field (LOU), Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Navegantes Airport (NVT), Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,096 miles (or 8,201 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 Bowman Field and Navegantes 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 Bowman Field and Navegantes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bowman Field (LOU):

• Because of Bowman Field's relatively low elevation of 546 feet, planes can take off or land at Bowman Field 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.
• Bowman Field is surrounded by tree-lined suburban neighborhoods, but accidents are relatively rare.
• The closest airport to Bowman Field (LOU) is Louisville International Airport (SDF), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) SW of LOU.
• The furthest airport from Bowman Field (LOU) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,243 miles (18,093 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Bowman Field (LOU) has 2 runways.
• During World War II, Bowman Field was one of the nation's most important training bases as well as the nation's busiest airport.
• During the Great Depression, Louisvillians would often come to the Art Deco terminal building to watch airplanes depart and land as a form of inexpensive entertainment.

Facts about Navegantes Airport (NVT):

• Navegantes Airport is the airport serving Navegantes, Brazil, as well as Itajaí, Camboriú, and Blumenau.
• The closest airport to Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Joinville-Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) NNW of NVT.
• The airport is operated by Infraero and is linked with Gol, Azul and TAM Airlines with all major cities in Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Navegantes Airport", another name for NVT is "Aeroporto Internacional de Navegantes - Ministro Victor Konder".
• Navegantes Airport (NVT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Navegantes Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Navegantes 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 Navegantes Airport (NVT) is Kitadaito Airport (KTD), which is nearly antipodal to Navegantes Airport (meaning Navegantes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kitadaito Airport), and is located 12,372 miles (19,911 kilometers) away in Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.