Nonstop flight route between Eirunepe, Amazonas, Brazil and Daocheng, Sichuan, China:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN), Eirunepe, Amazonas, Brazil and Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY), Daocheng, Sichuan, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,738 miles (or 17,281 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 Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport and Daocheng Yading 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 Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport and Daocheng Yading Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN):

• Because of Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport's relatively low elevation of 412 feet, planes can take off or land at Amaury Feitosa Tomaz 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 Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN) is Tabatinga International Airport (TBT), which is located 165 miles (265 kilometers) N of ERN.
• The furthest airport from Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN) is Ranai Airport (NTX), which is nearly antipodal to Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (meaning Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ranai Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Natuna, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
• Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport (ERN) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Airport", another name for ERN is "Aeroporto Amaury Feitosa Tomaz".

Facts about Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY):

• At 4,411 m above sea level, Daocheng Yading is the world's highest civilian airport, surpassing the previous record holder Qamdo Bamda Airport, in Tibet, at 4,334 m.
• The closest airport to Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) is Dêqên Shangri-La Airport (DIG), which is located 108 miles (174 kilometers) SSW of DCY.
• Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport was opened with a single scheduled flight between Daocheng and Chengdu, and flights to Chongqing and Barkam are expected to begin before 1 October 2013.
• The furthest airport from Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,910 miles (19,167 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
• Because of Daocheng Yading Airport's high elevation of 14,472 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DCY. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DCY a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Daocheng Yading Airport", other names for DCY include "稻城亚丁机场", "Dàochéng Yàdīng Jīchǎng" and "ZUDC".