Nonstop flight route between Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Wuhan, Hubei, China:
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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 Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH), Wuhan, Hubei, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,564 miles (or 18,611 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 Wuhan Tianhe 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 Wuhan Tianhe 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: | WUH / ZHHH | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Wuhan, Hubei, China | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°47'0"N by 114°12'29"E | 
| Area Served: | Wuhan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Co. Ltd. | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 112 feet (34 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from WUH | 
| More Information: | WUH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
- 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.
- Terminals 1 and 2 have taxi services.
- 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.
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.
- People mover connects the International Airport to the Porto Alegre Metro Airport Station since August 10, 2013.
- 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.
Facts about Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH):
- The furthest airport from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) is La Cumbre Airport (LCM), which is nearly antipodal to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (meaning Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from La Cumbre Airport), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in La Cumbre, Córdoba, Argentina.
- International terminal
- Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) currently has only 1 runway.
- Airport departure hall
- Recent developments included the construction of a second terminal, a planned second runway in order to better serve the increasing passengers as well as to accommodate the Airbus 380 jumbo jet.
- A Xinhua Airline plane in front of the then Terminal 2
- Because of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Wuhan Tianhe 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 addition to being known as "Wuhan Tianhe International Airport", other names for WUH include "武汉天河国际机场" and "Wǔhàn Tiānhé Guójì Jīchǎng".
- Wuhan Tianhe International Airport handled 11,646,789 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) is Shashi Airport (SHS), which is located 119 miles (192 kilometers) WSW of WUH.




