Nonstop flight route between Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Gweru, Zimbabwe:
Departure Airport:
(27°10'22"S by 51°33'6"W)
Arrival Airport:
(19°26'11"S by 29°51'42"E)
Distance from JCB to GWE:
5,106.40 miles (8,217.93 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB), Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE), Gweru, Zimbabwe would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,106 miles (or 8,218 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 Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base, 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 Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport and Gweru-Thornhill Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JCB / SSJA |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 27°10'22"S by 51°33'6"W |
| Area Served: | Joaçaba |
| Operator/Owner: | Joaçaba |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2546 feet (776 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JCB |
| More Information: | JCB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWE / FVTL |
| Airport Name: | Gweru-Thornhill Air Base |
| Location: | Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| GPS Coordinates: | 19°26'11"S by 29°51'42"E |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 4680 feet (1,426 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GWE |
| More Information: | GWE Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB):
- In addition to being known as "Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport", another name for JCB is "Aeroporto Municipal Santa Terezinha".
- Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport is the airport serving Joaçaba, Brazil.
- Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (meaning Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,386 miles (19,933 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
- The airport was inaugurated in May 1949.
- It is operated by the Municipality of Joaçaba.
- The closest airport to Santa Terezinha Municipal Airport (JCB) is Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), which is located 27 miles (43 kilometers) ENE of JCB.
Facts about Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE):
- Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) is Hilo International Airport (ITO), which is nearly antipodal to Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (meaning Gweru-Thornhill Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hilo International Airport), and is located 12,117 miles (19,500 kilometers) away in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
- The closest airport to Gweru-Thornhill Air Base (GWE) is Masvingo Airport (MVZ), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) ESE of GWE.
- Because of Gweru-Thornhill Air Base's high elevation of 4,680 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GWE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GWE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 27.03 miles (43.50 km) ENE | Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) | Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil |     |
| 2 | 30.70 miles (49.41 km) W | Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport (CCI) | Concórdia, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| 3 | 46.06 miles (74.13 km) NE | Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC) | Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 4 | 55.74 miles (89.71 km) SW | Erechim Airport (ERM) | Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 5 | 68.31 miles (109.93 km) W | Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport (XAP) | Chapecó, Brazil | |
| 6 | 71.53 miles (115.11 km) NNE | José Cleto Airport (QVB) | União da Vitória, Paraná, Brazil | |
| 7 | 88.03 miles (141.67 km) SSW | Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 8 | 88.51 miles (142.44 km) ESE | Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ) | Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 9 | 121.01 miles (194.74 km) NW | Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE) | Francisco Beltrao, Paraná, Brazil | |
| 10 | 123.18 miles (198.24 km) WNW | Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) | São Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 11 | 123.33 miles (198.47 km) N | Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (GPB) | Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil | |
| 12 | 162.81 miles (262.02 km) WSW | João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU) | Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 13 | 168.51 miles (271.20 km) SE | Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) | Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| 14 | 177.47 miles (285.61 km) WSW | Sepé Tiaraju Airport (GEL) | Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 15 | 179.69 miles (289.18 km) E | Navegantes Airport (NVT) | Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,385.54 miles (19,932.55 km) NE | Iejima Airport (IEJ) | Iejima, Japan | |
| 2 | 12,366.28 miles (19,901.55 km) NE | Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 3 | 12,353.07 miles (19,880.29 km) NE | Naha Airport (OKA) | Okinawa, Japan | |
| 4 | 12,352.25 miles (19,878.97 km) ENE | Aguni Airport (AGJ) | Aguni, Japan | |
| 5 | 12,337.29 miles (19,854.90 km) NE | Kerama Airport (KJP) | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 6 | 12,320.50 miles (19,827.88 km) NW | Amami Airport (ASJ) | Amami Island, Japan | |
| 7 | 12,316.45 miles (19,821.35 km) NW | Kikai Airport (KKX) | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan | |
| 8 | 12,240.10 miles (19,698.48 km) WNW | Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 9 | 12,239.70 miles (19,697.84 km) WNW | Kitadaito Airport (KTD) | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 10 | 12,180.64 miles (19,602.79 km) NE | Miyako Airport (MMY) | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 11 | 12,177.58 miles (19,597.87 km) NNW | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 12 | 12,175.35 miles (19,594.28 km) NE | Shimojishima Airport (SHI) | Shimojishima, Japan | |
| 13 | 12,107.45 miles (19,485.01 km) NE | Ishigaki Airport (ISG) | Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 14 | 12,089.01 miles (19,455.33 km) NNW | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 15 | 12,076.25 miles (19,434.80 km) NE | Hateruma Airport (HTR) | Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 77.66 miles (124.99 km) ESE | Masvingo Airport (MVZ) | Masvingo, Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | 90.32 miles (145.36 km) WSW | Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport (BUQ) | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | 131.52 miles (211.66 km) NE | Harare International Airport (HRE) | Harare, Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | 155.49 miles (250.24 km) SE | Buffalo Range Airport (BFO) | Chiredzi, Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | 182.94 miles (294.42 km) E | Mutare Airport (UTA) | Mutare, Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | 187.55 miles (301.83 km) ESE | Chipinge Airport (CHJ) | Chipinge, Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | 193.73 miles (311.78 km) WNW | Hwange National Park Airport (HWN) | Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | 195.21 miles (314.16 km) SW | Francistown International Airport/Francistown Air Base (FRW) | Francistown, Botswana | |
| 9 | 211.50 miles (340.38 km) NNW | Kariba Airport (KAB) | Kariba, Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | 233.47 miles (375.74 km) E | Chimoio Airport (VPY) | Chimoio, Mozambique | |
| 11 | 278.99 miles (448.99 km) WNW | Victoria Falls Airport (VFA) | Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe | |
| 12 | 287.01 miles (461.90 km) WNW | Livingstone Airport (LVI) | Livingstone, Zambia | |
| 13 | 298.51 miles (480.41 km) NNW | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) | Lusaka, Zambia | |
| 14 | 305.72 miles (492.01 km) S | Polokwane International Airport (PTG) | Polokwane, South Africa | |
| 15 | 321.82 miles (517.93 km) SSE | Hendrik Van Eck Airport (PHW) | Phalaborwa, South Africa | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,116.56 miles (19,499.66 km) E | Hilo International Airport (ITO) | Hilo, Hawaii, United States | |
| 2 | 12,075.02 miles (19,432.82 km) E | Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE) | Kamuela, Hawaii, United States | |
| 3 | 12,072.70 miles (19,429.08 km) E | Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF) | Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States | |
| 4 | 12,060.58 miles (19,409.57 km) E | Upolu Airport (UPP) | Hawi, Hawaii, United States | |
| 5 | 12,051.70 miles (19,395.29 km) E | Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) | Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States | |
| 6 | 12,044.18 miles (19,383.19 km) ENE | Hana Airport (HNM) | Hana, Hawaii, United States | |
| 7 | 12,016.40 miles (19,338.48 km) ENE | Kahului Airport (OGG) | Kahului, Hawaii, United States | |
| 8 | 12,000.16 miles (19,312.33 km) ENE | Kapalua Airport (JHM) | Lahaina, Hawaii, United States | |
| 9 | 11,985.07 miles (19,288.05 km) ENE | Lanai Airport (LNY) | Lanai City, Hawaii, United States | |
| 10 | 11,977.30 miles (19,275.55 km) ENE | Kalaupapa Airport (LUP) | Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States | |
| 11 | 11,970.59 miles (19,264.75 km) ENE | Molokai Airport (MKK) | Kaunakakai, Hawaii, United States | |
| 12 | 11,916.18 miles (19,177.18 km) ENE | Honolulu International Airport (HNL) | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | |
| 13 | 11,916.18 miles (19,177.18 km) ENE | Hickam Field (HIK) | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | |
| 14 | 11,907.08 miles (19,162.55 km) ENE | Kalaeloa Airport (NAX) | Kapolei, Hawaii, United States | |
| 15 | 11,906.16 miles (19,161.05 km) ENE | Wheeler AAF (HHI) | Wahiawa, Hawaii, United States | |