Nonstop flight route between São Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brazil and New York City, New York, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX), São Miguel do Oeste, Santa Catarina, Brazil and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,847 miles (or 7,801 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 Hélio Wasum Airport and LaGuardia 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 Hélio Wasum Airport and LaGuardia Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX):

• In addition to being known as "Hélio Wasum Airport", another name for SQX is "Aeroporto Hélio Wasum".
• The furthest airport from Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to Hélio Wasum Airport (meaning Hélio Wasum Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.
• The closest airport to Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) is Paulo Abdala Airport (FBE), which is located 57 miles (91 kilometers) NNE of SQX.
• Hélio Wasum Airport (SQX) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):

• Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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.
• During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens–Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan.
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
• Because of American's pivotal role in the development of the airport, LaGuardia gave the airline extra real estate during the airport's first year of operation, including four hangars.
• Delta will invest $100 million to renovate terminals C and D in LaGuardia, where it will operate a total of 32 gates.
• American Airlines accepted La Guardia's offer to start a pilot program of scheduled flights to Floyd Bennett, although the program failed after several months because of Newark's better proximity to Manhattan.
• FAA approved Instrument Departure Procedure "Whitestone Climb" and the "Expressway Visual Approach to Runway 31" which both overfly Citi Field.
• The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In late 2006, construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one.
• The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
• In April 2010, Port Authority director Christopher Ward announced that the agency had hired consultants to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of LaGuardia's Central Terminal.