Nonstop flight route between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Fillmore, Utah, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL), Fillmore, Utah, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,180 miles (or 9,946 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 Fillmore Municipal 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 Santos Dumont Airport and Fillmore Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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.
• The airport is located adjacent to downtown Rio de Janeiro.
• In 2012, the airport was ranked 6th in terms of transported passengers and aircraft operations, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
• Due to a fire that almost destroyed the main terminal in 1999, the passenger terminal building was closed for 6 months.
• Over the years, the airport's main runway has been extended several times, first to 2,300 feet, then to 3,000 feet, and finally 4,340 feet.
• Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
• On 21 May 1959 a formal agreement between Varig, Cruzeiro do Sul, and VASP created an air shuttle service, the first of its kind in the world.
• All these bus services have their stops in front of the arrivals terminal and tickets can be bought in the bus while boarding.

Facts about Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL):

• The closest airport to Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) is Salina-Gunnison Airport (SBO), which is located 29 miles (46 kilometers) E of FIL.
• The furthest airport from Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,086 miles (17,841 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In addition to being known as "Fillmore Municipal Airport", another name for FIL is "FOM".
• Fillmore Municipal Airport (FIL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Fillmore Municipal Airport's high elevation of 4,985 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at FIL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make FIL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.