Nonstop flight route between Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil and Sardeh Band, Afghanistan:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (SOD), Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil and Sardeh Band Airport (SBF), Sardeh Band, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,554 miles (or 13,766 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 Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport and Sardeh Band 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 Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport and Sardeh Band Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (SOD):

• In addition to being known as "Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport", another name for SOD is "Aeroporto Estadual Bertram Luiz Leupolz".
• The airport is located 5 km from downtown Sorocaba.
• Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport handled 77,776 passengers last year.
• The airport was inaugurated in 1942 and it is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (SOD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (SOD) is Viracopos–Campinas International Airport (VCP), which is located 40 miles (64 kilometers) NE of SOD.
• The furthest airport from Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (SOD) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport (meaning Bertram Luiz Leupolz State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,256 miles (19,723 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.

Facts about Sardeh Band Airport (SBF):

• In addition to being known as "Sardeh Band Airport", other names for SBF include "Sardeh Band Airport (Sardeh Band)" and "Band E Sardeh Dam Airport".
• Sardeh Band Airport, also known as Band E Sardeh Dam Airport, is an airport located near the village of Sardeh Band and about 1 kilometre north of the Russian-built dam called Band E Sardeh Dam.
• The furthest airport from Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,996 miles (19,306 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) is Ghazni Airport (GZI), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NW of SBF.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 6,971 feet above mean sea level.
• Though the airstrip is still evident against the surrounding desert, it has not been maintained since Russian military Forces withdrew from Afghanistan and there are no structures to support it.
• Sardeh Band Airport (SBF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sardeh Band Airport's high elevation of 6,971 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SBF. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SBF a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.