Nonstop flight route between Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil and San Jose, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Jose, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,204 miles (or 9,984 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 Alberto Bertelli Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 Alberto Bertelli Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX):

• Alberto Bertelli Airport handled 2,263 passengers last year.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The airport is located 5 km northwest from downtown Arapongas.
• In addition to being known as "Alberto Bertelli Airport", another name for APX is "Aeroporto Alberto Bertelli".
• The closest airport to Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) is Capitão João Busse Airport (APU), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) SSE of APX.
• The furthest airport from Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Alberto Bertelli Airport (meaning Alberto Bertelli Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,233 miles (19,687 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC):

• The furthest airport from Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,363 miles (18,287 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• On February 4, 2013, Virgin America announced it will begin service from San Jose to Los Angeles International Airport on May 1, 2013, with four daily nonstop flights each way.
• American Airlines opened a hub at San Jose in 1988, using slots it obtained in the buyout of Air California in 1986.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) has 3 runways.
• In November 2005 a scaled-back plan was approved and announced.
• In 1939 Ernie Renzel, a wholesale grocer and future mayor of San Jose, led a group that negotiated an option to buy 483 acres of the Stockton Ranch from the Crocker family, to be the site of San Jose's airport.
• Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport handled 8,357,384 passengers last year.
• SJC is a "downtown airport", unlike SFO and OAK which are on opposite shores of San Francisco Bay.
• The closest airport to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of SJC.
• Because of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose 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 the summer of 2009 American Airlines ended flights to Austin, Texas.