Nonstop flight route between El Nido, Palawan, Philippines and Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Departure Airport:
(11°12'9"N by 119°24'57"E)
Arrival Airport:
(22°55'55"S by 43°43'9"W)
Distance from ENI to SNZ:
11,061.56 miles (17,801.80 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between El Nido Airport (ENI), El Nido, Palawan, Philippines and Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ), Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,062 miles (or 17,802 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 El Nido Airport and Santa Cruz Air Force Base, 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 El Nido Airport and Santa Cruz Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ENI / RPEN |
| Airport Name: | El Nido Airport |
| Location: | El Nido, Palawan, Philippines |
| GPS Coordinates: | 11°12'9"N by 119°24'57"E |
| Area Served: | El Nido, Palawan, Philippines |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ENI |
| More Information: | ENI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SNZ / SBSC |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°55'55"S by 43°43'9"W |
| Area Served: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Operator/Owner: | Brazilian Air Force |
| Airport Type: | Military: Air Force Base |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SNZ |
| More Information: | SNZ Maps & Info |
Facts about El Nido Airport (ENI):
- The furthest airport from El Nido Airport (ENI) is José Coleto Airport (JPR), which is nearly antipodal to El Nido Airport (meaning El Nido Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from José Coleto Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil.
- El Nido Airport (ENI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to El Nido Airport (ENI) is Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU), which is located 79 miles (126 kilometers) NE of ENI.
Facts about Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ):
- The closest airport to Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) is Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) ENE of SNZ.
- The furthest airport from Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Cruz Air Force Base (meaning Santa Cruz Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,093 miles (19,462 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- On 12 February 1942, six months before Brazil declaring war against the Axis, the airport became a base of the Brazilian Air Force.
- Because of Santa Cruz Air Force Base's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Cruz Air Force Base 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 base was originally called Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport and it was constructed to handle the operations with the rigid airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg.
- Additionally, the base has one U-7A and two U-42 for administrative missions.
- Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Cruz Air Force Base", another name for SNZ is "Base Aérea de Santa Cruz".
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 78.56 miles (126.44 km) NE | Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU) | Coron, Palawan, Philippines |     |
| 2 | 110.34 miles (177.58 km) SSW | Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPS) | Puerto Princesa City, Philippines | |
| 3 | 114.62 miles (184.46 km) ESE | Cuyo Airport (CYU) | Cuyo, Palawan, Philippines | |
| 4 | 136.29 miles (219.33 km) NE | San Jose Airport (SJI) | San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines | |
| 5 | 160.16 miles (257.75 km) NNE | Mamburao Airport (MBO) | Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines | |
| 6 | 173.38 miles (279.03 km) E | Evelio Javier Airport (EUQ) | San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines | |
| 7 | 178.96 miles (288.00 km) ENE | Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH) | Malay, Aklan, Philippines | |
| 8 | 189.29 miles (304.62 km) NNE | Lubang Airport (LBX) | Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines | |
| 9 | 196.07 miles (315.54 km) ENE | Tugdan Airport (TBH) | Alcantara, Romblon, Philippines | |
| 10 | 203.16 miles (326.95 km) E | Kalibo International Airport (KLO) | Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines | |
| 11 | 210.24 miles (338.34 km) E | Iloilo International Airport (Cabatuan Airport) (ILO) | Cabatuan / Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines | |
| 12 | 220.62 miles (355.05 km) NE | Marinduque Airport (MRQ) | Gasan, Marinduque, Philippines | |
| 13 | 227.56 miles (366.22 km) E | Roxas Airport (RXS) | Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines | |
| 14 | 245.89 miles (395.71 km) E | Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD) | Bacolod City, Philippines | |
| 15 | 248.08 miles (399.24 km) NNE | Major Danilo Atienza Air Base (SGL) | Cavite City, Cavite, Philippines | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,348.14 miles (19,872.36 km) ESE | José Coleto Airport (JPR) | Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil | |
| 2 | 12,332.49 miles (19,847.16 km) SW | Aripuanã Airport (AIR) | Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 3 | 12,328.61 miles (19,840.93 km) SSW | Brigadeiro Camarão Airport (BVH) | Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil | |
| 4 | 12,308.40 miles (19,808.40 km) W | Juína Airport (JIA) | Juina, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 5 | 12,281.72 miles (19,765.46 km) WSW | Juruena Airport (JRN) | Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 6 | 12,230.37 miles (19,682.82 km) W | Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA) | Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 7 | 12,159.30 miles (19,568.46 km) SE | Huacaraje Airport (BVK) | Huacaraje, Bolivia | |
| 8 | 12,156.26 miles (19,563.55 km) ESE | Magdalena Airport (MGD) | Magdalena, Bolivia | |
| 9 | 12,152.94 miles (19,558.21 km) SE | Porto Velho-Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport (Belmonte) (PVH) | Porto Velho, Brazil | |
| 10 | 12,118.87 miles (19,503.37 km) WSW | Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL) | Alta Floresta, Brazil | |
| 11 | 12,112.77 miles (19,493.57 km) E | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) | Guayaramerín, Bolivia | |
| 12 | 12,081.96 miles (19,443.98 km) SSE | Concepción Airport (CEP) | Concepción, Santa Cruz, Bolivia | |
| 13 | 12,067.19 miles (19,420.21 km) SSE | Ascención de Guarayos Airport (ASC) | Ascención de Guarayos, Bolivia | |
| 14 | 12,064.82 miles (19,416.40 km) ESE | Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport (SBL) | Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia | |
| 15 | 12,061.47 miles (19,411.01 km) E | Riberalta Airport (RIB) | Riberalta, Bolivia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 31.00 miles (49.90 km) ENE | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 2 | 35.44 miles (57.03 km) E | Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 3 | 81.54 miles (131.23 km) NNE | Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) | Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 4 | 104.09 miles (167.52 km) NNE | Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) | Juiz de Fora, Brazil | |
| 5 | 104.86 miles (168.75 km) E | Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) | Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 6 | 112.24 miles (180.64 km) E | Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) | Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 7 | 131.10 miles (210.99 km) ENE | Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) | Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 8 | 138.31 miles (222.59 km) W | São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) | São José dos Campos, Brazil | |
| 9 | 145.59 miles (234.30 km) NW | Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) | Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 10 | 176.04 miles (283.31 km) ENE | Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 11 | 178.33 miles (286.99 km) WSW | São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) | Guarulhos (near São Paulo), São Paulo (state), Brazil | |
| 12 | 192.48 miles (309.77 km) WSW | São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| 13 | 203.91 miles (328.15 km) NNW | Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) | Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 14 | 213.35 miles (343.35 km) N | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| 15 | 215.76 miles (347.23 km) W | Campo dos Amarais State Airport (CPQ) | Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,093.41 miles (19,462.40 km) WNW | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
| 2 | 12,062.39 miles (19,412.48 km) ENE | Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 3 | 12,062.12 miles (19,412.06 km) NE | Kitadaito Airport (KTD) | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 4 | 11,893.62 miles (19,140.87 km) NE | Kikai Airport (KKX) | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan | |
| 5 | 11,878.80 miles (19,117.03 km) NE | Amami Airport (ASJ) | Amami Island, Japan | |
| 6 | 11,852.58 miles (19,074.84 km) ENE | Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 7 | 11,849.38 miles (19,069.68 km) ENE | Naha Airport (OKA) | Okinawa, Japan | |
| 8 | 11,843.49 miles (19,060.20 km) ENE | Iejima Airport (IEJ) | Iejima, Japan | |
| 9 | 11,829.52 miles (19,037.72 km) ENE | Kerama Airport (KJP) | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 10 | 11,816.01 miles (19,015.98 km) NNE | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 11 | 11,816.00 miles (19,015.95 km) ENE | Aguni Airport (AGJ) | Aguni, Japan | |
| 12 | 11,751.60 miles (18,912.32 km) NNE | Miyazaki Airport (KMI) | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | |
| 13 | 11,735.51 miles (18,886.43 km) NNE | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 14 | 11,731.15 miles (18,879.41 km) ENE | Miyako Airport (MMY) | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 15 | 11,721.39 miles (18,863.70 km) ENE | Shimojishima Airport (SHI) | Shimojishima, Japan | |