Nonstop flight route between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Corfu, Greece:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (CFU), Corfu, Greece would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,928 miles (or 9,541 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 Santos Dumont Airport and Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias", 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 Santos Dumont Airport and Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias". You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
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: | CFU / LGKR |
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Location: | Corfu, Greece |
GPS Coordinates: | 39°36'6"N by 19°54'42"E |
Area Served: | Corfu |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 6 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CFU |
More Information: | CFU Maps & Info |
Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):
- Due to a fire that almost destroyed the main terminal in 1999, the passenger terminal building was closed for 6 months.
- Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
- The airport is located adjacent to downtown Rio de Janeiro.
- 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.
- It was also in 1936 that the construction of a new passenger terminal began.
- Santos Dumont Airport is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
- Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
- Real Auto Ônibus operates executive bus 2018, that runs half-hourly from the airport to the Central Bus Station and Galeão International Airport in one direction, and in the opposite direction to the southern parts of the city along the shore, with its final stop at Alvorada Bus Terminal in Barra da Tijuca.
- 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.
Facts about Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (CFU):
- The closest airport to Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (CFU) is Ioannina National Airport (IOA), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) E of CFU.
- In addition to being known as "Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias"", other names for CFU include "Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Κέρκυρας" and ""Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας"".
- Because of Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias"'s relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" 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 Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (CFU) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,546 miles (18,581 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport offers domestic flights with Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, but the vast majority of traffic in the summer season is charter flights for holidaymakers.
- Corfu International Airport "Ioannis Kapodistrias" (CFU) currently has only 1 runway.