Nonstop flight route between Del Rio, Texas, United States and Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Del Rio International Airport (DRT), Del Rio, Texas, United States and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,259 miles (or 8,464 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 Del Rio International Airport and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha 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 Del Rio International Airport and Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Del Rio International Airport (DRT):

• Del Rio was also served during the late 1940s and early 1950s by Trans-Texas Airways Douglas DC-3s to El Paso, Houston, San Antonio and other Texas cities.
• The furthest airport from Del Rio International Airport (DRT) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,249 miles (18,103 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Del Rio International Airport (DRT) currently has only 1 runway.
• Another airline was Amistad Airlines flying small Pipers nonstop to San Antonio during the early 1970s.
• The airport is owned by the City of Del Rio with a seven member airport advisory board, appointed by the City Council, monitors the development and operations of the airport.
• The closest airport to Del Rio International Airport (DRT) is Laughlin Air Force Base (DLF), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of DRT.

Facts about Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM):

• It is operated by Infraero.
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport handled 36,391 passengers last year.
• Because of Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport's relatively low elevation of 92 feet, planes can take off or land at Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha 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.
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport is the airport serving Criciúma, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Forquilhinha.
• The airport is located 6 km from downtown Criciúma.
• In addition to being known as "Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport", another name for CCM is "Aeroporto Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha".
• The closest airport to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport (LAJ), which is located 84 miles (134 kilometers) NW of CCM.
• The furthest airport from Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM) is Kikai Airport (KKX), which is nearly antipodal to Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (meaning Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kikai Airport), and is located 12,388 miles (19,937 kilometers) away in Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan.