Nonstop flight route between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Canaima, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Canaima Airport (CAJ), Canaima, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,413 miles (or 3,884 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 relatively short distance between Santos Dumont Airport and Canaima Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDU / SBRJ |
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Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°54'37"S by 43°9'46"W |
Area Served: | Rio de Janeiro |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SDU |
More Information: | SDU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CAJ / SVCN |
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Location: | Canaima, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°13'54"N by 62°51'15"W |
Area Served: | Canaima National Park |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1450 feet (442 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CAJ |
More Information: | CAJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):
- The closest airport to Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) NW of SDU.
- The furthest airport from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Santos Dumont Airport (meaning Santos Dumont Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,125 miles (19,513 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
- In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
- Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
- Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
- On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL152.2 million investment plan to upgrade Santos Dumont Airport, particularly the passenger arrivals terminal.
- Adjoining the original seaplane terminal, Pan American World Airways and its Brazilian subsidiary Panair do Brasil constructed their own dedicated terminal for seaplanes and aircraft with landing gear.
- There are taxis available.
- Because of Santos Dumont Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Santos Dumont 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.
- Originally known as Calabouço Airport, the history of the airport can be traced back to the early 1930s.
- It was also in 1936 that the construction of a new passenger terminal began.
Facts about Canaima Airport (CAJ):
- The furthest airport from Canaima Airport (CAJ) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is nearly antipodal to Canaima Airport (meaning Canaima Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Selaparang Airport), and is located 12,261 miles (19,731 kilometers) away in Mataram, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Canaima Airport", another name for CAJ is "Aeropuerto de Canaima".
- Canaima Airport (CAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Canaima Airport (CAJ) is El Dorado Airport (EOR), which is located 91 miles (147 kilometers) ENE of CAJ.