Nonstop flight route between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Asunción, Paraguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), Rotterdam, Netherlands and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), Asunción, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,511 miles (or 10,478 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 Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Silvio Pettirossi 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 Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Silvio Pettirossi 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 Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM):

• Because of Rotterdam The Hague Airport's relatively low elevation of -14 feet, planes can take off or land at Rotterdam The Hague 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 furthest airport from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,872 miles (19,107 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Construction of the airport began in August 1955 and the airport was officially opened in October 1956.
• Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Most flights today are operated by regional turboprop aircraft such as the Fokker 50, Dash 8 and ATR aircraft and smaller mainline jets such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series or the Embraer 190.
• Rotterdam The Hague Airport handled 159,014 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) is Valkenburg Naval Air Base (LID), which is located only 15 miles (23 kilometers) N of RTM.

Facts about Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU):

• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport handled 835,323 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Silvio Pettirossi International Airport", another name for ASU is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción Silvio Pettirossi".
• The closest airport to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Clorinda Airport (CLX), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) WSW of ASU.
• Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport, located within Luque, may be reached from the city of Asuncion via the Airport Main Road, which runs adjacent to nearby Ñu Guasú Park.
• Because of Silvio Pettirossi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Silvio Pettirossi 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 furthest airport from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) is Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport) (TSA), which is nearly antipodal to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (meaning Silvio Pettirossi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Taipei International Airport (Taipei Songshan Airport)), and is located 12,378 miles (19,920 kilometers) away in Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China.