Nonstop flight route between El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina and Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE), El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina and Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF), Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,617 miles (or 4,211 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 Comandante Armando Tola International Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins International 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 Comandante Armando Tola International Airport and Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FTE / SAWA |
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Location: | El Calafate, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°16'48"S by 72°3'11"W |
Area Served: | El Calafate, Santa Cruz |
Operator/Owner: | Government and London Supply |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 669 feet (204 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FTE |
More Information: | FTE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CNF / SBCF |
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Location: | Confins (near Belo Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°37'26"S by 43°58'17"W |
Area Served: | Belo Horizonte and Metropolitan Area |
Operator/Owner: | BH Airport (CCR S/A, Flughafen Zurich, Flughafen Munich) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2713 feet (827 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CNF |
More Information: | CNF Maps & Info |
Facts about Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE):
- The furthest airport from Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE) is Baikal International Airport (UUD), which is nearly antipodal to Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (meaning Comandante Armando Tola International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Baikal International Airport), and is located 12,329 miles (19,842 kilometers) away in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia.
- The closest airport to Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE) is Lago Argentino Airport (ING), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) WSW of FTE.
- Because of Comandante Armando Tola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 669 feet, planes can take off or land at Comandante Armando Tola International 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.
- In addition to being known as "Comandante Armando Tola International Airport", other names for FTE include "Aeropuerto Internacional de El Calafate – Comandante Armando Tola" and "SAWC".
- Comandante Armando Tola International Airport (FTE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF):
- Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport handled 10,301,288 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport", another name for CNF is "Aeroporto Internacional Tancredo Neves/Confins".
- On 26 April 2011 it was confirmed that in order to speed-up much needed renovation and up-grade works, private companies will be granted a concession to explore some Infraero airports among them, on a second phase, Confins.
- After its inauguration, just a small fraction of the capacity of Confins was used.
- In order to revert this scenario, in March 2005 the government of the state of Minas Gerais with the support of agencies of the Federal government decided to restrict Pampulha to operations of aircraft with capacity of up to 50 passengers.
- The furthest airport from Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is located 11,945 miles (19,224 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Tancredo Neves/Confins International Airport (CNF) is Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) S of CNF.