Nonstop flight route between Pilar, Paraguay and Santa Rosa, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL), Pilar, Paraguay and Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS), Santa Rosa, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,143 miles (or 9,886 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 Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport and Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County 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 Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport and Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL):

• The closest airport to Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) is Formosa International Airport (FMA), which is located 47 miles (75 kilometers) N of PIL.
• Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (PIL) is Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (WNZ), which is nearly antipodal to Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport (meaning Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wenzhou Longwan International Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• Because of Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Carlos Miguel Jiménez 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 "Carlos Miguel Jiménez Airport", another name for PIL is "Aeropuerto Carlos Miguel Jiménez de Pilar".

Facts about Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS):

• The airfield was inactivated on 31 January 1946 and turned over to the War Assets Administration for eventual conversion to a civil airport.
• In addition to being known as "Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport", another name for STS is "Santa Rosa Army Airfield".
• In March 2007 airline flights resumed on Horizon Air, with flights to Seattle–Tacoma and Los Angeles.
• On average, the base pumps about 300,000 US gallons of retardant a year.
• All Alaska Airlines flights from the airport are operated with the 76-seat Bombardier Q400 propjet, which is the largest and fastest member of the DHC-8 Dash 8 family of regional turboprops.
• The furthest airport from Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,331 miles (18,235 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In August 2013 the airport started a project to decouple the ends of the two runways and extend runway 14/32 by 885 feet, to 6000 feet and extend runway 1/19 by 200 feet, to 5202 feet.
• Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) has 2 runways.
• Because of Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County 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 airport is named after Charles M.
• The closest airport to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (STS) is Marin County Airport (NOT), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) SSE of STS.