Nonstop flight route between Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina and Miami, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Reconquista Airport (RCQ), Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina and Miami International Airport (MIA), Miami, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,039 miles (or 6,499 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 Reconquista Airport and Miami 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 Reconquista Airport and Miami International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Reconquista Airport (RCQ):

• Because of Reconquista Airport's relatively low elevation of 161 feet, planes can take off or land at Reconquista 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.
• Reconquista Airport (RCQ) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Reconquista Airport (RCQ) is Yiwu Airport (YIW), which is nearly antipodal to Reconquista Airport (meaning Reconquista Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yiwu Airport), and is located 12,417 miles (19,983 kilometers) away in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.
• In addition to being known as "Reconquista Airport", another name for RCQ is "Aeropuerto de Reconquista".
• The closest airport to Reconquista Airport (RCQ) is Mercedes Airport (MDX), which is located 96 miles (155 kilometers) E of RCQ.

Facts about Miami International Airport (MIA):

• The closest airport to Miami International Airport (MIA) is Miami Seaplane Base (MPB), which is located only 8 miles (12 kilometers) E of MIA.
• The south side of the concourse was used by Northeast Airlines until its 1972 merger with Delta Air Lines.
• The Skytrain automated people mover, built by Parsons and Odebrecht with trains from Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, opened to the public on September 15, 2010.
• The furthest airport from Miami International Airport (MIA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,575 miles (18,628 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Miami Air, Sky King Airlines, and United Airlines all operate regular flights between MIA and several airports in Cuba, one of a few airports with direct airlink between the two nations.
• Because of Miami International Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Miami 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.
• Miami International Airport handled 40,500,000 passengers last year.
• Miami International Airport (MIA) has 4 runways.
• In 2011 the airport ranked first in the United States by percentage of international flights and second by volume of international passengers, behind only New York–JFK.
• The main terminal at MIA dates back to 1959, with several new additions.