Nonstop flight route between Carson City, Nevada, United States and São Paulo, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carson Airport (CSN), Carson City, Nevada, United States and São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH), São Paulo, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,403 miles (or 10,304 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 Carson Airport and São Paulo/Congonhas 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 Carson Airport and São Paulo/Congonhas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Carson Airport (CSN):

• The closest airport to Carson Airport (CSN) is Minden-Tahoe Airport (MEV), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) S of CSN.
• Carson Airport, also known as Carson City Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Carson City, the capital of the U.S.
• Because of Carson Airport's high elevation of 4,697 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CSN. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CSN a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from Carson Airport (CSN) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,190 miles (18,008 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Carson Airport", other names for CSN include "Carson City Airport" and "CXP".
• Carson Airport (CSN) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH):

• On 21 May 1959, a formal agreement between Varig, Cruzeiro do Sul and VASP created the shuttle service to Rio de Janeiro that made the airport famous, being the first of its kind in the world.
• The furthest airport from São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (meaning São Paulo/Congonhas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,235 miles (19,691 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The central hall of the passenger terminal is considered one of the most outstanding examples of modern architecture in São Paulo.
• The largest aircraft now operating at Congonhas are the Airbus A320, the Boeing 737-800 and the Fokker 100.
• In addition to being known as "São Paulo/Congonhas Airport", another name for CGH is "Aeroporto de São Paulo/Congonhas".
• Azul Brazilian Airlines offers for its passengers free bus transfers between Congonhas and Campinas-Viracopos International Airport at regular times.
• The closest airport to São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) is São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) NE of CGH.
• It is owned by the City of São Paulo, but operated by Infraero.
• São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) has 2 runways.
• São Paulo/Congonhas Airport handled 17,119,530 passengers last year.