Nonstop flight route between Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Colón, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,382 miles (or 5,443 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 Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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):

• The closest airport to Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) is Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) SSW of CAW.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport", another name for CAW is "Aeroporto de Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro".
• Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport handled 132,163 passengers last year.

Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):

• The early flights over the Canal Zone also performed mapping missions and both the Canal Zone and the isthmus were thoroughly explored and charted.
• With the end of World War II France Airfield was reduced in scope, with most units being moved to Albrook or Howard Fields.
• By 1930, the expanding Air Corps in the Canal Zone required a new organization.
• Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
• Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is a commercial airport located in Colón, Panama, offering scheduled airline flights to the national capital, Panama City, and to other destinations.
• The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.
• The Army was concerned that France Field, being the only operational airfield in the Canal Zone, was vulnerable to potential attackers, as well as to weather conditions.
• What would become Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport has its origins before World War I, when on Sunday, 27 April 1913, the Isthmus of Panama was first overflown from a beach near Balboa, on the Pacific side, to the shores near Cristobal on the Atlantic side by an airplane.
• During the early 1920s, France Field was expanded, as the defense of the Panama Canal was the major overseas concern of the Air Service.
• Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.