Nonstop flight route between Chico, California, United States and Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Chico Municipal Airport (CIC), Chico, California, United States and Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP), Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,471 miles (or 10,414 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 Chico Municipal Airport and Viracopos–Campinas 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 Chico Municipal Airport and Viracopos–Campinas International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CIC / KCIC |
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Location: | Chico, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°47'43"N by 121°51'29"W |
Area Served: | Chico, California |
Operator/Owner: | City of Chico |
Airport Type: | City of Chico |
Elevation: | 73 feet (22 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CIC |
More Information: | CIC Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VCP / SBKP |
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Location: | Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°0'24"S by 47°8'3"W |
Area Served: | Campinas, São Paulo |
Operator/Owner: | Aeroportos Brasil ( 10% Egis Group ) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2170 feet (661 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VCP |
More Information: | VCP Maps & Info |
Facts about Chico Municipal Airport (CIC):
- The furthest airport from Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,229 miles (18,071 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Because of Chico Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 73 feet, planes can take off or land at Chico Municipal 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.
- Chico Army Air Field was deactivated on December 31, 1945.
- An all black company was assigned to the Field in August 1942.
- The closest airport to Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) is Oroville Municipal Airport (OVE), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SSE of CIC.
- In addition to being known as "Chico Municipal Airport", another name for CIC is "Chico Army Airfield".
- Chico Municipal Airport (CIC) has 2 runways.
- Chico is now only served by SkyWest Airlines operating as United Express with Embraer EMB-120 turboprops nonstop to San Francisco.
Facts about Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP):
- However, due to legal and bureaucratic issues, the planned developments never occurred.
- The closest airport to Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) is Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) N of VCP.
- Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Viracopos–Campinas International Airport handled 8,824,074 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Viracopos–Campinas International Airport", another name for VCP is "Aeroporto Internacional de Viracopos–Campinas".
- The furthest airport from Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (meaning Viracopos–Campinas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,216 miles (19,660 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
- The position of international airport of São Paulo was lost in 1985 with the opening of Guarulhos International Airport and Viracopos entered into a decade of stagnation, with all international and most domestic flights transferred to Guarulhos and Congonhas.
- There are two versions of the origin of the name Viracopos.
- On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a R$2,814 million investiment plan to up-grade Viracopos International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics in 2016 which will be held in Brazil, São Paulo being one of the venue cities.
- In the 1970s Viracopos became the international airport for São Paulo, because the runway of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport was too short to accommodate intercontinental jet planes.