Nonstop flight route between Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela and Pico Island, Azores, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (CZE), Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela and Pico Airport (PIX), Pico Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,150 miles (or 5,070 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 José Leonardo Chirino International Airport and Pico 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 José Leonardo Chirino International Airport and Pico Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (CZE):

• Because of José Leonardo Chirino International Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at José Leonardo Chirino 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.
• José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (CZE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (CZE) is Adisucipto International Airport (JOG), which is nearly antipodal to José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (meaning José Leonardo Chirino International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adisucipto International Airport), and is located 12,186 miles (19,612 kilometers) away in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to José Leonardo Chirino International Airport (CZE) is Josefa Camejo International Airport (LSP), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) NW of CZE.

Facts about Pico Airport (PIX):

• The closest airport to Pico Airport (PIX) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of PIX.
• Managed by SATA Gestão de Aeródromos, it has an 1,754 metres operational runway, with a width of 45 metres.
• Pico Airport (PIX) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pico Airport is an airport located 8 km from Madalena on the Portuguese island of Pico in the archipelago of the Azores.
• In addition to being known as "Pico Airport", another name for PIX is "Aeroporto do Pico".
• The furthest airport from Pico Airport (PIX) is Merimbula Airport (MIM), which is nearly antipodal to Pico Airport (meaning Pico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Merimbula Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,781 kilometers) away in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.
• Because of Pico Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Pico 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 on Pico is situated 8 kilometres from the urban center of Madalena, at an altitude of 34 metres above sea level.
• The first studies were completed to construct a runway for the remote island of Pico during the post-War era when, instead, a final decision in 1946 saw the construction of an aerodrome on the island of Faial.