Nonstop flight route between Clinton, Oklahoma, United States and Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM), Clinton, Oklahoma, United States and Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA), Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,477 miles (or 8,814 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 Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark and Benedito Lacerda 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 Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark and Benedito Lacerda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM):

• Armadillo Aerospace conducted flight test Activities at the Oklahoma Spaceport in 2004 through 2009, including tests of a VTVL Lander and a Rocket Racer for the Rocket Racing League.
• Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) has 2 runways.
• The airpark is at the site of a public airfield known as Clinton-Sherman Airport.
• The closest airport to Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) is Clinton Regional Airport (CLK), which is located 20 miles (33 kilometers) NE of CSM.
• The furthest airport from Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark (CSM) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,925 miles (17,582 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The United States Navy established a naval air station on 5,000 acres at this location in 1942 to train pilots during World War II.

Facts about Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA):

• Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 6 km from downtown Macaé.
• The furthest airport from Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Benedito Lacerda Airport (meaning Benedito Lacerda Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,179 miles (19,600 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• The closest airport to Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) is Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC), which is located 32 miles (51 kilometers) SSW of MEA.
• Benedito Lacerda Airport handled 442,983 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Benedito Lacerda Airport", another name for MEA is "Aeroporto Benedito Lacerda".
• Because of Benedito Lacerda Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Benedito Lacerda 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.