Nonstop flight route between Dirico, Angola and Brownsville, Texas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dirico Airport (DRC), Dirico, Angola and Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), Brownsville, Texas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,472 miles (or 13,635 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 Dirico Airport and Brownsville/South Padre Island 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 Dirico Airport and Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dirico Airport (DRC):

• In addition to being known as "Dirico Airport", another name for DRC is "Dirico Airport (Dirico)".
• The closest airport to Dirico Airport (DRC) is Rundu Airport (NDU), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) W of DRC.
• Dirico Airport (DRC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Dirico Airport (DRC) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is nearly antipodal to Dirico Airport (meaning Dirico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kona International Airport at Keāhole), and is located 12,196 miles (19,627 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.

Facts about Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO):

• In addition to being known as "Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport", another name for BRO is "(former Brownsville Army Airfield)".
• The closest airport to Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of BRO.
• With the end of the Pacific War in August 1945, operations at Brownsville AAF were dramatically reduced.
• Because of Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport's relatively low elevation of 22 feet, planes can take off or land at Brownsville/South Padre Island 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 furthest airport from Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,143 miles (17,933 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport is a city owned, public use airport located four nautical miles east of the central business district of Brownsville, a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States.
• In addition to flight status text-messaging notification, the site also features current fares to popular routes, including Houston, Atlanta, Toronto, Minneapolis/St.
• The airport is the largest air cargo handling airport in the Rio Grande Valley.
• Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) has 3 runways.
• During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces, although the Air Corps had signed a contract with Pan American Airways in 1940 for the training of aircraft mechanics at the airport.