Nonstop flight route between Charleston, West Virginia, United States and Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yeager Airport (CRW), Charleston, West Virginia, United States and Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL), Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,935 miles (or 7,941 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 Yeager Airport and Sepé Tiaraju 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 Yeager Airport and Sepé Tiaraju Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRW / KCRW |
Airport Name: | Yeager Airport |
Location: | Charleston, West Virginia, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°22'32"N by 81°35'35"W |
Area Served: | Charleston, West Virginia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 981 feet (299 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRW |
More Information: | CRW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GEL / SBNM |
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Location: | Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°16'55"S by 54°10'8"W |
Area Served: | Santo Ângelo |
Operator/Owner: | DAP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1056 feet (322 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GEL |
More Information: | GEL Maps & Info |
Facts about Yeager Airport (CRW):
- On February 27, 2008 Yeager's Governing Board voted to close the secondary runway, Rwy 15/33, to allow construction of two new hangars and ramp space for four more C-130s to be based at the Air National Guard facility.
- On February 8, 2010, a Freedom Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 on flight 6121 to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport on behalf of Delta Air Lines with 46 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff from Charleston at high speed and came to a safe stop about 400 feet short of the runway end.
- On July 13, 2009 Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 from Nashville International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport was forced to divert to Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia after a hole formed on the top of the plane's fuselage near the tail resulting in depressurization of the cabin and deployment of the oxygen masks.
- The furthest airport from Yeager Airport (CRW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,458 miles (18,440 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Yeager Airport (CRW) is Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) SSE of CRW.
- The airport sits on a hilltop over 300 feet above the valleys of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers, and the hill drops off sharply on all sides.
- Yeager Airport covers 767 acres at an elevation of 981 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Yeager Airport's relatively low elevation of 981 feet, planes can take off or land at Yeager 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.
- Yeager Airport (CRW) has 2 runways.
Facts about Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL):
- The closest airport to Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL) is João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU), which is located 21 miles (33 kilometers) ESE of GEL.
- In addition to being known as "Sepé Tiaraju Airport", another name for GEL is "Aeroporto Sepé Tiaraju".
- Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to Sepé Tiaraju Airport (meaning Sepé Tiaraju Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,292 miles (19,781 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.