Nonstop flight route between Salisbury, Maryland, United States and Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), Salisbury, Maryland, United States and Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,049 miles (or 6,517 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 Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport and Presidente João Suassuna 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 Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport and Presidente João Suassuna Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY):

• Because of Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional 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 Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,772 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport", another name for SBY is "Salisbury Airport".
• Several construction projects were recently completed in late 2011 to extend runway 14-32 an extra 1,000 feet to a length of 6,400 feet.
• The airport is the operational headquarters for US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines.
• The closest airport to Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) is Ocean City Municipal Airport (OCE), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) E of SBY.

Facts about Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV):

• In addition to being known as "Presidente João Suassuna Airport", another name for CPV is "Aeroporto Presidente João Suassuna".
• The closest airport to Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) is Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) E of CPV.
• The furthest airport from Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is nearly antipodal to Presidente João Suassuna Airport (meaning Presidente João Suassuna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Falalop Airfield), and is located 12,086 miles (19,451 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
• The airport is located 7 km from downtown Campina Grande.
• Presidente João Suassuna Airport (CPV) currently has only 1 runway.
• Presidente João Suassuna Airport handled 143,766 passengers last year.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Even though the airport was only inaugurated in 1963, since the 1940s air services operated to the site, using a runway already existent.