Nonstop flight route between White Plains, New York, United States and Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Westchester County Airport (HPN), White Plains, New York, United States and Santa Maria Airport (RIA), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,055 miles (or 8,135 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 Westchester County Airport and Santa Maria 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 Westchester County Airport and Santa Maria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Westchester County Airport (HPN):

• Because of Westchester County Airport's relatively low elevation of 439 feet, planes can take off or land at Westchester County 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 IATA code for Westchester County Airport is HPN.
• After several renovations, as well as discussions about the airport's viability, the airport is presently served by seven airlines to a range of fifteen destinations in the United States.
• Westchester County Airport has several fixed-base operators, including Avitat, Signature Flight Support, Landmark, NetJets, Panorama, and Million Air.
• In May 2011 NYSDOT released the "New York Statewide Airport Economic Impact Study," quantifying the level of economic activity that was attributable to the aviation sector for the year 2009 in the State of New York.
• The airport's environmental management practices are monitored through the AEMS, an ISO 14001 certified Airport Environmental Management System.
• Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting is provided by Airport Operations Crews.
• Also, due to its location near a number of residential neighborhoods, Westchester County Airport instituted a Voluntary Restraint from Flying Program, sometimes referred to as a voluntary curfew, which has helped to ease some of the local concern of noise resulting from airport activity.
• The furthest airport from Westchester County Airport (HPN) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Westchester County Airport (HPN) has 2 runways.
• In June 2009 Cape Air added service to Westchester, with service to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
• The closest airport to Westchester County Airport (HPN) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) SSW of HPN.
• The first scheduled airline flights were American Airlines in late 1949.

Facts about Santa Maria Airport (RIA):

• Santa Maria Airport is the airport serving Santa Maria, Brazil.
• The furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (RIA) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.
• The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (RIA) is João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) N of RIA.
• Santa Maria Airport (RIA) has 2 runways.
• In 1944 the President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas allocated an area of 4 million square meters near Santa Maria with the purpose of building an aerodrome.
• Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria 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 "Santa Maria Airport", another name for RIA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".