Nonstop flight route between Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gagnoa Airport (GGN), Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire and Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,895 miles (or 6,268 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 Gagnoa Airport and Salgado Filho 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 Gagnoa Airport and Salgado Filho 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: | GGN / DIGA |
Airport Name: | Gagnoa Airport |
Location: | Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°6'11"N by 5°59'12"W |
Area Served: | Gagnoa |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 732 feet (223 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GGN |
More Information: | GGN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POA / SBPA |
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Location: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W |
Area Served: | Porto Alegre |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from POA |
More Information: | POA Maps & Info |
Facts about Gagnoa Airport (GGN):
- Gagnoa Airport (GGN) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Gagnoa Airport (GGN) is Divo Airport (DIV), which is located 48 miles (78 kilometers) ESE of GGN.
- Because of Gagnoa Airport's relatively low elevation of 732 feet, planes can take off or land at Gagnoa 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.
- The furthest airport from Gagnoa Airport (GGN) is Arorae Island Airport (AIS), which is nearly antipodal to Gagnoa Airport (meaning Gagnoa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Arorae Island Airport), and is located 12,129 miles (19,519 kilometers) away in Arorae Island, Kiribati.
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- On October 12, 1951, São João Federal Airport was renamed Salgado Filho Airport, after the Senator and Minister who died the year before on a crash involving a SAVAG aircraft that departed from Porto Alegre.
- The closest airport to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 137 miles (221 kilometers) NE of POA.
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
- The furthest airport from Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Yakushima Airport (KUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salgado Filho International Airport (meaning Salgado Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yakushima Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- People mover connects the International Airport to the Porto Alegre Metro Airport Station since August 10, 2013.
- Salgado Filho was originally called São João Federal Airport, after the neighborhood where it is located.
- Because of Salgado Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Salgado Filho 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.
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.