Nonstop flight route between Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Departure Airport:
(30°16'18"S by 57°38'25"W)
Arrival Airport:
(22°48'35"S by 43°15'2"W)
Distance from MCS to GIG:
1,026.72 miles (1,652.34 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Monte Caseros Airport (MCS), Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina and Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,027 miles (or 1,652 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 relatively short distance between Monte Caseros Airport and Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCS / SARM |
| Airport Name: | Monte Caseros Airport |
| Location: | Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina |
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°16'18"S by 57°38'25"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 174 feet (53 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MCS |
| More Information: | MCS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIG / SBGL |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°48'35"S by 43°15'2"W |
| Area Served: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Operator/Owner: | Aeroporto Rio de Janeiro and Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public/Military |
| Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GIG |
| More Information: | GIG Maps & Info |
Facts about Monte Caseros Airport (MCS):
- The furthest airport from Monte Caseros Airport (MCS) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Monte Caseros Airport (meaning Monte Caseros Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
- The closest airport to Monte Caseros Airport (MCS) is Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) NNW of MCS.
- Because of Monte Caseros Airport's relatively low elevation of 174 feet, planes can take off or land at Monte Caseros 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.
- Monte Caseros Airport (MCS) has 2 runways.
Facts about Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG):
- Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport", another name for GIG is "Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim".
- On August 31, 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL819 million investiment plan to up-grade Galeão International Airport focusing on the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro being one of the venue cities, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, which Rio de Janeiro will host.
- The closest airport to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) is Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) SE of GIG.
- Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport handled 17,115,368 passengers last year.
- Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- The furthest airport from Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (meaning Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,117 miles (19,500 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- At the end of the war, Santos Dumont Airport was unable to handle the increased tonnage of aircraft flying on international routes and number of passengers.
- Because of Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim 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.
- In 1985 the airport lost the title of the country's major international airport to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport.
- Presently section A of Terminal 1 is under renovation.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 40.13 miles (64.58 km) NNW | Curuzú Cuatiá Airport (UZU) | Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina |     |
| 2 | 49.42 miles (79.54 km) NE | Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) | Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 3 | 49.73 miles (80.03 km) NE | Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL) | Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 4 | 68.12 miles (109.63 km) E | Artigas International Airport (ATI) | Artigas, Artigas, Uruguay | |
| 5 | 73.91 miles (118.95 km) SSW | Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport (COC) | Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
| 6 | 77.53 miles (124.78 km) NNW | Mercedes Airport (MDX) | Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| 7 | 83.17 miles (133.84 km) SSW | Nueva Hespérides International Airport (STY) | Salto, Salto, Uruguay | |
| 8 | 109.26 miles (175.84 km) ENE | Gaudêncio Machado Ramos Airport (ALQ) | Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
| 9 | 137.52 miles (221.32 km) ESE | Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport (RVY) | Rivera, Rivera, Uruguay | |
| 10 | 142.66 miles (229.60 km) WNW | Reconquista Airport (RCQ) | Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| 11 | 143.96 miles (231.68 km) SE | Tacuarembó Airport (TAW) | Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay | |
| 12 | 146.63 miles (235.98 km) S | Tydeo Larre Borges International Airport (PDU) | Paysandú, Paysandú, Uruguay | |
| 13 | 197.66 miles (318.10 km) SSW | Gualeguaychú Airport (GHU) | Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
| 14 | 198.33 miles (319.18 km) WSW | General Justo José de Urquiza Airport (PRA) | Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina | |
| 15 | 206.44 miles (332.23 km) NNW | Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport (CNQ) | Corrientes, Corrientes, Argentina | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,413.46 miles (19,977.48 km) N | Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN) | Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China | |
| 2 | 12,374.92 miles (19,915.45 km) ENE | Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) | Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | |
| 3 | 12,368.17 miles (19,904.59 km) NNE | Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) | Shanghai, People's Republic of China | |
| 4 | 12,348.55 miles (19,873.01 km) NE | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) | Shanghai, China | |
| 5 | 12,321.85 miles (19,830.05 km) E | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) | Hangzhou, China | |
| 6 | 12,306.05 miles (19,804.62 km) NNE | Taizhou Luqiao Airport (HYN) | Taizhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 7 | 12,301.83 miles (19,797.82 km) ENE | Suzhou Guangfu Airport (SZV) | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 8 | 12,294.55 miles (19,786.11 km) NE | Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) | Wuxi/Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 9 | 12,283.26 miles (19,767.94 km) ENE | Yiwu Airport (YIW) | Yiwu, Zhejiang, China | |
| 10 | 12,250.05 miles (19,714.50 km) NNE | Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ) | Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 11 | 12,247.17 miles (19,709.86 km) NE | Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) | Changzhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 12 | 12,214.67 miles (19,657.56 km) NE | Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY) | Yangzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China | |
| 13 | 12,210.23 miles (19,650.40 km) ENE | Quzhou Airport (JUZ) | Quzhou, Zhejiang, China | |
| 14 | 12,206.11 miles (19,643.78 km) ENE | Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) | Nanjing, China | |
| 15 | 12,184.81 miles (19,609.50 km) NNE | Yancheng Nanyang Airport (YNZ) | Yancheng, Jiangsu, China | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 8.90 miles (14.33 km) SE | Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 2 | 31.00 miles (49.90 km) WSW | Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) | Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 3 | 70.79 miles (113.93 km) N | Francisco Álvares de Assis Airport (JDF) | Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 4 | 75.46 miles (121.44 km) E | Cabo Frio International Airport (CFB) | Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 5 | 81.91 miles (131.82 km) E | Umberto Modiano Airport (BZC) | Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 6 | 89.75 miles (144.43 km) N | Presidente Itamar Franco Airport (IZA) | Juiz de Fora, Brazil | |
| 7 | 100.12 miles (161.13 km) ENE | Benedito Lacerda Airport (MEA) | Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 8 | 145.96 miles (234.89 km) ENE | Campos–Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport (CAW) | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 9 | 165.34 miles (266.08 km) WNW | Major-Brigadeiro Trompowsky Airport (VAG) | Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 10 | 169.14 miles (272.20 km) W | São José dos Campos-Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK) | São José dos Campos, Brazil | |
| 11 | 189.99 miles (305.76 km) NE | Raimundo de Andrade Airport (CDI) | Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil | |
| 12 | 209.27 miles (336.79 km) WSW | São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) | Guarulhos (near São Paulo), São Paulo (state), Brazil | |
| 13 | 209.29 miles (336.81 km) NNW | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha–Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | |
| 14 | 209.30 miles (336.84 km) NNW | Brigadeiro Cabral Airport (DIQ) | Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| 15 | 223.48 miles (359.66 km) WSW | São Paulo/Congonhas Airport (CGH) | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,117.05 miles (19,500.46 km) WNW | Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
| 2 | 12,032.76 miles (19,364.80 km) ENE | Minami-Daito Airport (MMD) | Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 3 | 12,032.69 miles (19,364.69 km) ENE | Kitadaito Airport (KTD) | Kitadaito, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 4 | 11,866.27 miles (19,096.87 km) NE | Kikai Airport (KKX) | Kikaiga Shima, Kikai-Shima Island, Japan | |
| 5 | 11,851.38 miles (19,072.90 km) NE | Amami Airport (ASJ) | Amami Island, Japan | |
| 6 | 11,822.02 miles (19,025.64 km) ENE | Kadena Air Base 嘉手納飛行場 Kadena Hikōjō (DNA) | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| 7 | 11,818.71 miles (19,020.31 km) ENE | Naha Airport (OKA) | Okinawa, Japan | |
| 8 | 11,813.15 miles (19,011.38 km) ENE | Iejima Airport (IEJ) | Iejima, Japan | |
| 9 | 11,798.78 miles (18,988.25 km) ENE | Kerama Airport (KJP) | Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan | |
| 10 | 11,792.47 miles (18,978.10 km) NE | Yakushima Airport (KUM) | Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | |
| 11 | 11,785.46 miles (18,966.81 km) ENE | Aguni Airport (AGJ) | Aguni, Japan | |
| 12 | 11,731.17 miles (18,879.45 km) NNE | Miyazaki Airport (KMI) | Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | |
| 13 | 11,713.79 miles (18,851.47 km) NNE | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) | Kagoshima, Japan | |
| 14 | 11,701.19 miles (18,831.20 km) NNW | Hachijojima Airport (HAC) | Hachijojima (Hachijo Jima), Tokyo, Japan | |
| 15 | 11,700.19 miles (18,829.58 km) ENE | Miyako Airport (MMY) | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | |