Nonstop flight route between Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Aniak, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Aniak Airport (ANI), Aniak, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,450 miles (or 13,599 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 Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport and Aniak 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 Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport and Aniak Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW):

• Because of Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport's relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro 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 airport has a total area of 949,114.04 m² and its passenger terminal has an area of 459 m².
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport handled 132,163 passengers last year.
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 7 km from downtown Campos dos Goytacazes.
• The closest airport to Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) is Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) SSW of CAW.
• The furthest airport from Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (meaning Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport", another name for CAW is "Aeroporto de Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro".
• On August 28, 2009 Rosinha Matheus, the Mayor of Campos dos Goytacazes announced the intention to request Infraero the transfer of the administration of the airport to the Municipality, an idea that the Minister of Defense, under whom Infraero is subordinate, is in favor.

Facts about Aniak Airport (ANI):

• Aniak Airport (ANI) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Aniak Airport (ANI) is Chuathbaluk Airport (CHU), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) E of ANI.
• Aniak Airport covers an area of 1,722 acres at an elevation of 89 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Aniak Airport's relatively low elevation of 89 feet, planes can take off or land at Aniak 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 furthest airport from Aniak Airport (ANI) is George Airport (GRJ), which is located 10,530 miles (16,946 kilometers) away in George, South Africa.