Nonstop flight route between Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States and Faro, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States and Faro International Airport (FAO), Faro, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,296 miles (or 6,914 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 The Eastern Iowa Airport and Faro 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 The Eastern Iowa Airport and Faro 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: | CID / KCID |
Airport Name: | The Eastern Iowa Airport |
Location: | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 41°53'4"N by 91°42'38"W |
Area Served: | Cedar Rapids / Iowa City |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cedar Rapids |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 869 feet (265 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CID |
More Information: | CID Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FAO / LPFR |
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Location: | Faro, Portugal |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°0'51"N by 7°57'56"W |
Area Served: | Faro, Portugal |
Operator/Owner: | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from FAO |
More Information: | FAO Maps & Info |
Facts about The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID):
- On 25 August 2009 the number of destinations dropped to nine.
- The furthest airport from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,883 miles (17,515 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is Iowa City Municipal Airport (IOW), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) SSE of CID.
- Usually the wait in the security line is a few minutes.
- The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) has 2 runways.
- Because of The Eastern Iowa Airport's relatively low elevation of 869 feet, planes can take off or land at The Eastern Iowa 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.
Facts about Faro International Airport (FAO):
- Because of Faro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Faro 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 Faro International Airport (FAO) is Portimão Airport (PRM), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WNW of FAO.
- A total of 5.6 million passengers used Faro airport in 2011.
- Faro Airport is capable of handling six million passengers a year.
- The furthest airport from Faro International Airport (FAO) is Dargaville Aerodrome (DGR), which is nearly antipodal to Faro International Airport (meaning Faro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dargaville Aerodrome), and is located 12,310 miles (19,810 kilometers) away in Dargaville, New Zealand.
- The airport gets very busy during the summer months, namely from March to October, to the extent that the airport becomes a slot coordinated airport.
- Faro International Airport (FAO) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Faro International Airport", another name for FAO is "Aeroporto Internacional de Faro".
- Since its opening in 1966 Faro airport has had two major developments, the new passenger terminal building in 1989 and its enlargement in 2001.
- Faro International Airport handled 5,672,377 passengers last year.