Nonstop flight route between Guangzhou, Guangdong, China and Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China and Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN), Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,211 miles (or 18,043 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 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Santa Genoveva/Goiânia 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 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN):

• On July 13, 2005, FedEx Express signed a contract with the airport authority to relocate its Asia-Pacific hub from Subic Bay International Airport in the Philippines to Baiyun airport.
• Because of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Guangzhou Baiyun 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.
• The closest airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) is Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) SW of CAN.
• FedEx closed its 13-year-old Asia-Pacific hub at Subic Bay of northern Philippines on February 6, 2009 with the last flight leaving for Taiwan just before dawn, while hub operations have moved to Baiyun Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport", other names for CAN include "广州白云国际机场" and "Guǎngzhōu Báiyún Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) is Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport (JUJ), which is nearly antipodal to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (meaning Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gobernador Horacio Guzmán Internacional Airport), and is located 12,314 miles (19,818 kilometers) away in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina.
• Baiyun International Airport is served by the Airport South Station on Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro.
• Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) has 2 runways.
• It includes a third runway, 3800 metres in length and 60 metres in width, located 400 metres to the east of the existing east runway.

Facts about Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN):

• Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport handled 3,063,649 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN) is Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport (CLV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) SSE of GYN.
• The furthest airport from Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN) is Virac Airport (VRC), which is located 11,951 miles (19,233 kilometers) away in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
• Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport (GYN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport is the airport serving Goiânia, Brazil.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Genoveva/Goiânia Airport", another name for GYN is "Aeroporto Santa Genoveva/Goiânia".
• The government of the state of Goiás, in order to encourage tourism and aviation reduced the tax on petrol from 15% to 3%.