Nonstop flight route between N'zerekore, Guinea and Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Departure Airport:
(7°48'47"N by 8°42'9"W)
Arrival Airport:
(22°55'55"S by 43°43'9"W)
Distance from NZE to SNZ:
3,180.34 miles (5,118.24 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Nzérékoré Airport (NZE), N'zerekore, Guinea and Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ), Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,180 miles (or 5,118 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 Nzérékoré 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 Nzérékoré 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: | NZE / GUNZ |
| Airport Name: | Nzérékoré Airport |
| Location: | N'zerekore, Guinea |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°48'47"N by 8°42'9"W |
| Area Served: | Nzérékoré |
| View all routes: | Routes from NZE |
| More Information: | NZE 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 Nzérékoré Airport (NZE):
- The furthest airport from Nzérékoré Airport (NZE) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is located 11,965 miles (19,256 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
- The closest airport to Nzérékoré Airport (NZE) is Nimba Airport (NIA), which is located 24 miles (38 kilometers) SSE of NZE.
Facts about Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ):
- In addition to being known as "Santa Cruz Air Force Base", another name for SNZ is "Base Aérea de Santa Cruz".
- 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.
- Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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 3 May 1982 a British Avro Vulcan bomber was intercepted by the aircraft of the 1° Grupo de Aviação de Caça based at Santa Cruz.
- 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.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 23.67 miles (38.09 km) SSE | Nimba Airport (NIA) | Nimba, Liberia |     |
| 2 | 72.16 miles (116.12 km) NW | Macenta Airport (MCA) | Macenta, Guinea | |
| 3 | 81.10 miles (130.51 km) WNW | Voinjama Airport (VOI) | Voinjama, Liberia | |
| 4 | 85.03 miles (136.85 km) ESE | Man Airport (MJC) | Man, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 5 | 110.69 miles (178.14 km) WNW | Foya Airport (FOY) | Foya, Liberia | |
| 6 | 119.74 miles (192.70 km) SE | Guiglo Airport (GGO) | Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 7 | 127.81 miles (205.69 km) SSE | Tchien Airport (THC) | Tchien, Liberia | |
| 8 | 134.56 miles (216.55 km) NW | Kissidougou Airport (KSI) | Kissidougou, Guinea | |
| 9 | 142.46 miles (229.27 km) NNE | Odienné Airport (KEO) | Odienné, Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 10 | 157.67 miles (253.74 km) SW | Roberts International Airport Roberts Field (ROB) | Monrovia, Liberia | |
| 11 | 161.39 miles (259.73 km) SW | Buchanan Airport (UCN) | Buchanan, Liberia | |
| 12 | 168.26 miles (270.79 km) ESE | Daloa Airport (DJO) | Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | |
| 13 | 169.23 miles (272.34 km) W | Kenema Airport (KEN) | Kenema, Sierra Leone | |
| 14 | 169.64 miles (273.01 km) WNW | Yengema Airport (WYE) | Yengema, Kono District, Sierra Leone | |
| 15 | 175.96 miles (283.18 km) SW | Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW) | Monrovia, Liberia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,964.85 miles (19,255.52 km) SSE | Mota Lava Airport (MTV) | Mota Lava, Vanuatu | |
| 2 | 11,947.79 miles (19,228.06 km) SSE | Vanua Lava Airport (SLH) | Sola, Vanua Lava, Torba Province, Vanuatu | |
| 3 | 11,927.80 miles (19,195.89 km) SSE | Gaua Airport (ZGU) | Gaua, Torba, Vanuatu | |
| 4 | 11,914.98 miles (19,175.25 km) SW | Arorae Island Airport (AIS) | Arorae Island, Kiribati | |
| 5 | 11,894.80 miles (19,142.78 km) SSE | Maewo-Naone Airport (MWF) | Maewo, Vanuatu | |
| 6 | 11,894.35 miles (19,142.05 km) W | Funafuti International Airport (FUN) | Funafuti, Tuvalu | |
| 7 | 11,885.22 miles (19,127.37 km) SW | Beru Island Airport (BEZ) | Beru, Kiribati | |
| 8 | 11,872.18 miles (19,106.37 km) SSE | Longana Airport (LOD) | Longana, Ambae Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu | |
| 9 | 11,866.57 miles (19,097.34 km) SSE | Sara Airport (SSR) | Sara, Vanuatu | |
| 10 | 11,861.15 miles (19,088.62 km) SSW | Aranuka Airport (AAK) | Aranuka, Kiribati | |
| 11 | 11,851.20 miles (19,072.62 km) SSE | Nauru International Airport (INU) | Yaren, Nauru | |
| 12 | 11,841.71 miles (19,057.34 km) SSE | Lonorore Airport (LNE) | Lonorore, Pentecost Island, Pénama Province, Vanuatu | |
| 13 | 11,838.10 miles (19,051.52 km) SSE | Santo-Pekoa International Airport (SON) | Luganville, Vanuatu | |
| 14 | 11,837.13 miles (19,049.97 km) SSW | Abemama Atoll Airport (AEA) | Abemama Atoll, Kiribati | |
| 15 | 11,810.02 miles (19,006.33 km) SSE | Craig Cove Airport (CCV) | Craig Cove, Ambrym Island, Malampa, Vanuatu | |
| 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 | |