Nonstop flight route between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Seymour, Indiana, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Freeman Municipal Airport (SER), Seymour, Indiana, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,088 miles (or 8,188 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 Freeman 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 Freeman Municipal Airport. 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: | SER / KSER |
Airport Name: | Freeman Municipal Airport |
Location: | Seymour, Indiana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 38°55'28"N by 85°54'29"W |
Area Served: | Seymour, Indiana |
Operator/Owner: | Seymour Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 583 feet (178 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from SER |
More Information: | SER Maps & Info |
Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):
- In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
- Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
- All these bus services have their stops in front of the arrivals terminal and tickets can be bought in the bus while boarding.
- 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.
- 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.
- Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
- 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 announced on 5 August 2009 that in order to renew its operational licence the Rio de Janeiro State Environment Institute – INEA would require Santos Dumont Airport to adjust operational standards.
- 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.
- 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.
- Due to a fire that almost destroyed the main terminal in 1999, the passenger terminal building was closed for 6 months.
Facts about Freeman Municipal Airport (SER):
- The furthest airport from Freeman Municipal Airport (SER) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,222 miles (18,060 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Freeman Municipal Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Seymour, a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
- Freeman Municipal Airport (SER) has 4 runways.
- The closest airport to Freeman Municipal Airport (SER) is Columbus Municipal Airport (CLU), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) N of SER.
- Because of Freeman Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 583 feet, planes can take off or land at Freeman Municipal 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.
- After the end of World War II, Freeman AAF became a storage depot of many captured German and Italian aircraft.