Nonstop flight route between Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia and Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Staroselye Airport (RYB), Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia and Corvo Airport (CVU), Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,254 miles (or 5,236 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 Staroselye Airport and Corvo 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 Staroselye Airport and Corvo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Staroselye Airport (RYB):

• The furthest airport from Staroselye Airport (RYB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,639 miles (17,122 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Staroselye Airport (RYB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Staroselye Airport (RYB) is Tunoshna (IAR), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) SE of RYB.
• Because of Staroselye Airport's relatively low elevation of 423 feet, planes can take off or land at Staroselye 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 "Staroselye Airport", another name for RYB is "Аэропорт Староселье".

Facts about Corvo Airport (CVU):

• The furthest airport from Corvo Airport (CVU) is Flinders Island Airport (FLS), which is nearly antipodal to Corvo Airport (meaning Corvo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flinders Island Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
• In 2009, with the addition of new De Havilland Dash 8-Q200 to the SATA Air Açores fleet, to replace the existing Dornier Do 228, there was a comparable increase in passenger traffic to the island.
• In addition to being known as "Corvo Airport", another name for CVU is "Aeródromo de Corvo".
• Corvo Airport handled 3,839 passengers last year.
• Because of Corvo Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Corvo 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.
• SATA, the airport's manager, launched a competition to remodel and expand the aerodrome on 13 August 2013, that includes improvements to security, passenger comfort and inter-island travel.
• Corvo Airport (CVU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Corvo Airport (CVU) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) S of CVU.
• Opened on 12 January 2005, SATA Gestão de Aeródromos was established to operate the smaller airports on the islands of Pico, Graciosa, Corvo and São Jorge.