Nonstop flight route between Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sheffield City Heliport (SZD), Sheffield, England, United Kingdom and Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,895 miles (or 9,486 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 Mário Pereira Lopes State 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 Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sheffield City Heliport (SZD):

• The airport was built as part of a plan by the Sheffield Development Corporation to regenerate a very rundown old industrial area and to reclaim the land, which had previously been mined and was the site of derelict steelworks and waste tips.
• 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.
• 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.
• Before it opened, Sheffield was the largest city in Europe without its own airport although there was a proposal made in 1968 to build an airport on land near Todwick in Rotherham but came to nothing.
• 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.
• 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.
• There has been a degree of controversy over whether there was any incentive for Peel to promote the airport.
• Sheffield City Heliport (SZD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC):

• The furthest airport from Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (meaning Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,157 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• It is operated by DAESP.
• Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport handled 1,280 passengers last year.
• Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 14 km from downtown São Carlos.
• In addition to being known as "Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport", another name for QSC is "Aeroporto Estadual Mário Pereira Lopes".
• The closest airport to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Bartolomeu de Gusmão State Airport (AQA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of QSC.