Nonstop flight route between Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil and Palmdale, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR), Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil and Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD), Palmdale, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,495 miles (or 7,234 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 Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport and Palmdale Regional 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 Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport and Palmdale Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR):

• Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport handled 382,469 passengers last year.
• Because of Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 633 feet, planes can take off or land at Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro 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.
• Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) is Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR), which is nearly antipodal to Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (meaning Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cam Ranh International Airport), and is located 12,192 miles (19,621 kilometers) away in Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam.
• The airport was opened on November 22, 1999 as a replacement to Presidente Médici International Airport, which was then closed.
• The closest airport to Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (RBR) is Captain Aníbal Arab Airport (CIJ), which is located 101 miles (162 kilometers) SW of RBR.
• In addition to being known as "Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport", another name for RBR is "Aeroporto Internacional de Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro".

Facts about Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD):

• Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is General Wm. J. Fox Airfield (WJF), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NW of PMD.
• The furthest airport from Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,436 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Both the Air Force and its aircraft contractors needed a location away from major population centers - due to sonic booms, other noises and security concerns - but close enough to the major centers of aircraft design and production, while having excellent flying weather the year around.
• Palmdale Regional Airport is an airport in Palmdale, California.
• The Federal Aviation Administration operates its Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center at its site on Plant 42 by Avenue P and 25th Street East.
• In January 2007 subsidies valued at $4.6 million, with $2 million slated to underwrite losses incurred from providing airline service, were raised to restore commercial service to the airport.
• On February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737 landing on Runway 24L at LAX, collided upon touchdown with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 departing to Palmdale Regional Airport, that had been holding in position on the same runway.