Nonstop flight route between Jamnagar, Gujurat, India and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jamnagar Airport (JGA), Jamnagar, Gujurat, India and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,217 miles (or 13,224 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 Jamnagar 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 Jamnagar Airport and Santos Dumont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jamnagar Airport (JGA):

• Jamnagar Airport has a single terminal spread over 35 acres.
• The furthest airport from Jamnagar Airport (JGA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jamnagar Airport (meaning Jamnagar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,110 miles (19,489 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Jamnagar Airport", another name for JGA is "જામનગર વિમાનમથક".
• On August 30, 2012, at around 12:30 pm IST two Mi-17 helicopters of the IAF collided with each other while carrying out formation flying and firing exercise.
• Because of Jamnagar Airport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Jamnagar 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.
• Jamnagar Airport (JGA) has 2 runways.
• The airport is connected to the city by a four lane highway and is about 8 kilometers from the city.
• The closest airport to Jamnagar Airport (JGA) is Kandla Airport (IXY), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) N of JGA.

Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):

• With the gradual shift of international operations to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport opened in 1952, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont lost its place as an international hub, but for many years retained its position of a major hub for domestic traffic, particularly until 1960, when the capital of Brazil was moved to Brasília.
• Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
• Santos Dumont has slot restrictions operating with a maximum of 23 operations/hour, being one of the three airports with such restrictions in Brazil.
• Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
• There are taxis available.
• 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.
• Adjoining the original seaplane terminal, Pan American World Airways and its Brazilian subsidiary Panair do Brasil constructed their own dedicated terminal for seaplanes and aircraft with landing gear.
• 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.