![]() George Municipal Airport (relocated 2011) (SGU) Losuia, Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea Vivigani, Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands Honiara International Airport (formerly Henderson Field) (HIR) Gizo / Nusatupe, Western Province, Solomon Islands Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!Īristides Pereira International Airport (BVC)Ĭesária Évora International Airport (VXE)Īmílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between São Filipe Airport and Cedar City Regional Airport. Because of the large distance between São Filipe Airport and Cedar City Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason. 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 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. A direct, nonstop flight between São Filipe Airport (SFL), Fogo, Cape Verde and Cedar City Regional Airport (CDC), Cedar City, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,520 miles (or 8,884 kilometers).Ī Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. ![]()
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