Nonstop flight route between Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil and Luena, Moxico Province, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP), Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil and Luena Airport (LUO), Luena, Moxico Province, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,453 miles (or 7,166 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 Viracopos–Campinas International Airport and Luena 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 Viracopos–Campinas International Airport and Luena Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VCP / SBKP |
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Location: | Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°0'24"S by 47°8'3"W |
Area Served: | Campinas, São Paulo |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos Brasil ( 10% Egis Group ) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2170 feet (661 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VCP |
More Information: | VCP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LUO / FNUE |
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Location: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 11°46'5"S by 19°53'50"E |
Area Served: | Luena, Moxico Province, Angola |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4360 feet (1,329 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LUO |
More Information: | LUO Maps & Info |
Facts about Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP):
- The furthest airport from Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (meaning Viracopos–Campinas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,216 miles (19,660 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) is Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) N of VCP.
- There are two versions of the origin of the name Viracopos.
- Viracopos–Campinas International Airport handled 8,824,074 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Viracopos–Campinas International Airport", another name for VCP is "Aeroporto Internacional de Viracopos–Campinas".
- Being the second busiest cargo airport in Brazil, Viracopos has 77,000 square meters of cargo terminals, 1,700 square meters for animal cargo, and 1,480 cubic meters of refrigerated space.
- The airport is located 99 km northwest of the state capital city of São Paulo and 20 km southwest of Campinas, adjacent to the Bandeirantes-Anhanguera highway complex, which connects the capital city to the interior of São Paulo state.
- Viracopos's origin can be traced to a simple airfield near Campinas built during the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution in São Paulo.
Facts about Luena Airport (LUO):
- Luena Airport (LUO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Luena Airport (LUO) is Cangamba Airport (CNZ), which is located 134 miles (216 kilometers) S of LUO.
- The furthest airport from Luena Airport (LUO) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is located 11,824 miles (19,028 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- In addition to being known as "Luena Airport", other names for LUO include "Aeroporto de Luena/Luso (Luena)" and "Aeroporto de Luena".
- Because of Luena Airport's high elevation of 4,360 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LUO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LUO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.