Nonstop flight route between Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ), Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,119 miles (or 6,629 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 Quetzaltenango Airport and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha 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 Quetzaltenango Airport and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ):

• Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• An emergency operations center has been installed at the airport in order to respond faster to disasters like hurricane Stan in the future.
• Quetzaltenango 1 is the name of the first aircraft built in Central America, Miguel Angel Castroconde is responsible for the airplane with the name Quetzaltenango 1, plane he built with the help of his son becoming the PrimerCconstructor an aircraft in Guatemala.
• The furthest airport from Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Quetzaltenango Airport's high elevation of 7,779 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AAZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AAZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) is Quiché Airport (AQB), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ENE of AAZ.

Facts about Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM):

• In addition to being known as "Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport", another name for CCM is "Aeroporto Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha".
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport handled 36,391 passengers last year.
• The airport was inaugurated on December 17, 1979.
• The closest airport to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is located 84 miles (134 kilometers) NW of CCM.
• The furthest airport from Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is nearly antipodal to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (meaning Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kikai Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan.
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha 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.