Nonstop flight route between Punta Gorda, Florida, United States and Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Punta Gorda Airport (PGD), Punta Gorda, Florida, United States and Carauari Airport (CAF), Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,418 miles (or 3,891 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 Punta Gorda Airport and Carauari Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGD / KPGD | 
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| Location: | Punta Gorda, Florida, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°55'8"N by 81°59'26"W | 
| Area Served: | Punta Gorda, Florida | 
| Operator/Owner: | Charlotte County Airport Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 3 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from PGD | 
| More Information: | PGD Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAF / SWCA | 
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| Location: | Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°52'42"S by 66°53'44"W | 
| Area Served: | Carauari | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 354 feet (108 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from CAF | 
| More Information: | CAF Maps & Info | 
Facts about Punta Gorda Airport (PGD):
- Because of Punta Gorda Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Punta Gorda 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.
 - Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) has 3 runways.
 - The base initially had forty Curtis P-40 Warhawks assigned, later transitioning to the North American P-51 Mustang.
 - The airport saw no large airlines after the early 1980s in the aftermath of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
 - The furthest airport from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,471 miles (18,461 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
 - The closest airport to Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Page Field (FMY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SSE of PGD.
 - Punta Gorda Airport handled 149,141 passengers last year.
 - Allegiant Air, operating McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, schedules flights to 12 states in the eastern and midwest U.S., all served via smaller airports much like PGD.
 - In addition to being known as "Punta Gorda Airport", another name for PGD is "(Formerly Charlotte County Airport)".
 
Facts about Carauari Airport (CAF):
- Because of Carauari Airport's relatively low elevation of 354 feet, planes can take off or land at Carauari 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 "Carauari Airport", another name for CAF is "Aeroporto de Carauari".
 - The furthest airport from Carauari Airport (CAF) is Miri Airport (MYY), which is nearly antipodal to Carauari Airport (meaning Carauari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Miri Airport), and is located 12,365 miles (19,899 kilometers) away in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
 - The closest airport to Carauari Airport (CAF) is Tefé Airport (TFF), which is located 182 miles (293 kilometers) NE of CAF.
 - On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian citizens.
 - Carauari Airport (CAF) currently has only 1 runway.
 
