Nonstop flight route between Dolisie, Republic of Congo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Departure Airport:
(4°12'21"S by 12°39'34"E)
Arrival Airport:
(22°54'37"S by 43°9'46"W)
Distance from DIS to SDU:
3,938.49 miles (6,338.37 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dolisie Airport (DIS), Dolisie, Republic of Congo and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,938 miles (or 6,338 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 Dolisie Airport and Santos Dumont 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 Dolisie Airport and Santos Dumont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DIS / FCPL |
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| Location: | Dolisie, Republic of Congo |
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°12'21"S by 12°39'34"E |
| Area Served: | Dolisie, Republic of the Congo |
| Elevation: | 1079 feet (329 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from DIS |
| More Information: | DIS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDU / SBRJ |
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| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°54'37"S by 43°9'46"W |
| Area Served: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SDU |
| More Information: | SDU Maps & Info |
Facts about Dolisie Airport (DIS):
- In addition to being known as "Dolisie Airport", another name for DIS is "FCPD".
- The closest airport to Dolisie Airport (DIS) is Makabana Airport (KMK), which is located 50 miles (81 kilometers) N of DIS.
- The furthest airport from Dolisie Airport (DIS) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is located 11,868 miles (19,100 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):
- Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
- The airport is located adjacent to downtown Rio de Janeiro.
- The furthest airport from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Santos Dumont Airport (meaning Santos Dumont Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,125 miles (19,513 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
- Because of Santos Dumont Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Santos Dumont 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 Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NW of SDU.
- In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
- It was also in 1936 that the construction of a new passenger terminal began.
- Originally known as Calabouço Airport, the history of the airport can be traced back to the early 1930s.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 50.05 miles (80.55 km) N | Makabana Airport (KMK) | Makabana, Republic of the Congo |     |
| 2 | 67.84 miles (109.17 km) SW | Pointe Noire Agostinho Neto International Airport (PNR) | Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | 86.83 miles (139.74 km) N | Mossendjo Airport (MSX) | Mossendjo, Republic of the Congo | |
| 4 | 91.02 miles (146.48 km) E | Mouyondzi Airport (MUY) | Mouyondzi, Republic of the Congo | |
| 5 | 101.44 miles (163.26 km) SSW | Cabinda Airport (CAB) | Cabinda, Angola | |
| 6 | 117.21 miles (188.64 km) SSE | Boma Airport (BOA) | Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | 121.04 miles (194.79 km) S | Muanda Airport (Moanda Airport) (MNB) | Muanda (Moanda), Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 8 | 122.47 miles (197.10 km) SSE | Tshimpi Airport (Matadi Airport) (MAT) | Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | 123.08 miles (198.08 km) NE | Zanaga Airport (ANJ) | Zanaga, Republic of the Congo | |
| 10 | 129.22 miles (207.96 km) E | Kindamba Airport (KNJ) | Kindamba, Republic of the Congo | |
| 11 | 177.25 miles (285.25 km) NE | Lague Airport (LCO) | Lague, Republic of Congo | |
| 12 | 178.72 miles (287.62 km) E | Maya–Maya Airport (BZV) | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | |
| 13 | 184.19 miles (296.43 km) NNE | M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport (MVB) | Franceville / Mvengue, Gabon | |
| 14 | 184.79 miles (297.39 km) NE | Djambala Airport (DJM) | Djambala, Republic of Congo | |
| 15 | 189.10 miles (304.33 km) NNE | Moanda Airport (MFF) | Moanda, Gabon | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,868.38 miles (19,100.25 km) NNE | Canton Island Airport (CIS) | Canton Island, Kiribati | |
| 2 | 11,730.71 miles (18,878.70 km) WNW | Cassidy International Airport (CXI) | Christmas Island, Kiribati | |
| 3 | 11,558.89 miles (18,602.18 km) N | Johnston Atoll Airport (JON) | Johnston Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | |
| 4 | 11,338.59 miles (18,247.64 km) SSW | Manihiki Island Airport (MHX) | Manihiki Island, Cook Islands | |
| 5 | 11,244.74 miles (18,096.61 km) ENE | Arorae Island Airport (AIS) | Arorae Island, Kiribati | |
| 6 | 11,224.54 miles (18,064.09 km) ENE | Beru Island Airport (BEZ) | Beru, Kiribati | |
| 7 | 11,160.48 miles (17,961.00 km) SSE | Asau Airport (AAU) | Asau, Samoa | |
| 8 | 11,158.41 miles (17,957.68 km) SE | Funafuti International Airport (FUN) | Funafuti, Tuvalu | |
| 9 | 11,156.14 miles (17,954.03 km) S | Ofu Airport (OFU) | Ofu, American Samoa | |
| 10 | 11,155.97 miles (17,953.74 km) S | Fitiuta Airport (FTI) | Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States | |
| 11 | 11,154.39 miles (17,951.20 km) S | Tau Airport (TAV) | Tau, American Samoa | |
| 12 | 11,153.38 miles (17,949.58 km) SSE | Fagali'i Airport (FGI) | Apia, Samoa | |
| 13 | 11,151.66 miles (17,946.81 km) SSE | Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS) | Maota, Samoa | |
| 14 | 11,150.20 miles (17,944.47 km) SSE | Faleolo International Airport (APW) | Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa | |
| 15 | 11,138.98 miles (17,926.41 km) S | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) | Pago Pago, American Samoa | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 8.90 miles (14.33 km) NW | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 2 | 35.44 miles (57.03 km) W | Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) | Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 3 | 69.46 miles (111.79 km) E | Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) | Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 4 | 76.88 miles (123.73 km) E | Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) | Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 5 | 78.49 miles (126.32 km) N | Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) | Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 6 | 96.54 miles (155.37 km) N | Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) | Juiz de Fora, Brazil | |
| 7 | 97.36 miles (156.69 km) ENE | Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) | Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 8 | 145.05 miles (233.43 km) NE | Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 9 | 173.56 miles (279.32 km) W | São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) | São José dos Campos, Brazil | |
| 10 | 173.68 miles (279.52 km) WNW | Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) | Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 11 | 191.22 miles (307.74 km) NE | Raimundo de Andrade Airport (CDI) | Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil | |
| 12 | 213.37 miles (343.38 km) W | São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) | Guarulhos (near São Paulo), São Paulo (state), Brazil | |
| 13 | 217.30 miles (349.71 km) NNW | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| 14 | 218.11 miles (351.01 km) NNW | Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) | Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 15 | 227.19 miles (365.63 km) WSW | São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,125.10 miles (19,513.41 km) WNW | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
| 2 | 12,031.76 miles (19,363.19 km) ENE | Kitadaito Airport (KTD) | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 3 | 12,031.66 miles (19,363.03 km) ENE | Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 4 | 11,866.89 miles (19,097.86 km) NE | Kikai Airport (KKX) | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan | |
| 5 | 11,851.96 miles (19,073.83 km) NE | Amami Airport (ASJ) | Amami Island, Japan | |
| 6 | 11,819.86 miles (19,022.18 km) ENE | Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 7 | 11,816.37 miles (19,016.56 km) ENE | Naha Airport (OKA) | Okinawa, Japan | |
| 8 | 11,811.34 miles (19,008.46 km) ENE | Iejima Airport (IEJ) | Iejima, Japan | |
| 9 | 11,796.33 miles (18,984.30 km) ENE | Kerama Airport (KJP) | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 10 | 11,794.98 miles (18,982.13 km) NE | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 11 | 11,783.35 miles (18,963.42 km) ENE | Aguni Airport (AGJ) | Aguni, Japan | |
| 12 | 11,734.87 miles (18,885.40 km) NNE | Miyazaki Airport (KMI) | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | |
| 13 | 11,717.03 miles (18,856.68 km) NNE | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 14 | 11,709.25 miles (18,844.17 km) NNW | Hachijojima Airport (HAC) | Hachijojima (Hachijo Jima), Tokyo, Japan | |
| 15 | 11,696.25 miles (18,823.25 km) ENE | Miyako Airport (MMY) | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | |