Nonstop flight route between Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil and Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Carauari Airport (CAF), Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS), Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,593 miles (or 2,564 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 relatively short distance between Carauari Airport and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAF / SWCA |
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Location: | Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°52'42"S by 66°53'44"W |
Area Served: | Carauari |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 354 feet (108 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAF |
More Information: | CAF Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VQS / TJVQ |
Airport Name: | Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport |
Location: | Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°8'4"N by 65°29'36"W |
Area Served: | Isla De Vieques, Puerto Rico |
Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 49 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VQS |
More Information: | VQS Maps & Info |
Facts about Carauari Airport (CAF):
- On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens.
- Because of Carauari Airport's relatively low elevation of 354 feet, planes can take off or land at Carauari 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.
- Carauari Airport (CAF) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Carauari Airport (CAF) is Miri Airport (MYY), which is nearly antipodal to Carauari Airport (meaning Carauari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miri Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- The airport is located 1 km from downtown Carauari.
- The closest airport to Carauari Airport (CAF) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is located 182 miles (293 kilometers) NE of CAF.
- In addition to being known as "Carauari Airport", another name for CAF is "Aeroporto de Carauari".
Facts about Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS):
- Because of Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio Rivera Rodríguez 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.
- When anti-military demonstrators started flocking into Vieques, both by air and sea, in 1999, Vieques Airport saw a considerable increase to its normal yearly average of passengers.
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is a small public use airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico.
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport covers an area of 124 acres at an elevation of 49 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (meaning Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,239 miles (19,697 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NW of VQS.
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport handled 165,043 passengers last year.