Nonstop flight route between Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Guatemala City, Guatemala:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and La Aurora International Airport (GUA), Guatemala City, Guatemala would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,043 miles (or 6,507 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 Salgado Filho International Airport and La Aurora International 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 Salgado Filho International Airport and La Aurora International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POA / SBPA | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W | 
| Area Served: | Porto Alegre | 
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from POA | 
| More Information: | POA Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GUA / MGGT | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 14°34'54"N by 90°31'36"W | 
| Area Served: | Guatemala City | 
| Operator/Owner: | Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Infraestructura y Vivienda | 
| Airport Type: | Military/Public | 
| Elevation: | 4951 feet (1,509 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GUA | 
| More Information: | GUA Maps & Info | 
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- People mover connects the International Airport to the Porto Alegre Metro Airport Station since August 10, 2013.
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Salgado Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Salgado Filho 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.
- The closest airport to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 137 miles (221 kilometers) NE of POA.
- The International Airport of Porto Alegre is served by rail, taxi, and bus.
- One of the two TAP Maintenance & Engineering centers in Brazil is located at Salgado Filho International Airport.
- On October 12, 1951, São João Federal Airport was renamed Salgado Filho Airport, after the Senator and Minister who died the year before on a crash involving a SAVAG aircraft that departed from Porto Alegre.
- The furthest airport from Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Yakushima Airport (KUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salgado Filho International Airport (meaning Salgado Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yakushima Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
Facts about La Aurora International Airport (GUA):
- Boarding Bridges of the North Concourse
- The furthest airport from La Aurora International Airport (GUA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,915 miles (19,176 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "La Aurora International Airport", another name for GUA is "Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora".
- La Aurora International Airport (GUA) currently has only 1 runway.
- On 6 April 1993, TACA Airlines Boeing 767 ran off the end of runway 19 after landing.
- The closest airport to La Aurora International Airport (GUA) is Quiché Airport (AQB), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) NW of GUA.
- In July 2007, seven new gates were opened.
- Boarding Gates of North Concourse
- Because of La Aurora International Airport's high elevation of 4,951 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at GUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make GUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Entrance to the airport through the Parking Lots
- La Aurora International Airport handled 1,970,618 passengers last year.




