Nonstop flight route between Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ), Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Devils Lake Regional Airport (DVL), Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,977 miles (or 9,619 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 Santa Cruz Air Force Base and Devils Lake Regional 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 Santa Cruz Air Force Base and Devils Lake Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ):

• Because of Santa Cruz Air Force Base's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Cruz Air Force Base 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.
• On 12 February 1942, six months before Brazil declaring war against the Axis, the airport became a base of the Brazilian Air Force.
• The furthest airport from Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) is Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2 (IWO), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Cruz Air Force Base (meaning Santa Cruz Air Force Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Central Field (Iwo Jima)Motoyama No. 2Airfield No. 2), and is located 12,093 miles (19,462 kilometers) away in Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
• Additionally, the base has one U-7A and two U-42 for administrative missions.
• Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• As a consequence to the Hindenburg disaster on 6 May 1937 at Lakehurst Air Naval Station in New Jersey, USA, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin requested to the Brazilian Government on 17 June 1937 the suspension of services.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Cruz Air Force Base", another name for SNZ is "Base Aérea de Santa Cruz".
• The closest airport to Santa Cruz Air Force Base (SNZ) is Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) ENE of SNZ.

Facts about Devils Lake Regional Airport (DVL):

• As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,216 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 3,984 enplanements in 2009, and 5,242 in 2010.
• Devils Lake Regional Airport covers an area of 647 acres at an elevation of 1,456 feet above mean sea level.
• Devils Lake Regional Airport (DVL) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Devils Lake Regional Airport (DVL) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,434 miles (16,792 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Devils Lake Regional Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Devils Lake, a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States.
• The closest airport to Devils Lake Regional Airport (DVL) is Grand Forks Air Force Base (RDR), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) E of DVL.