Nonstop flight route between Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Rockford, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Trompillo Airport (SRZ), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), Rockford, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,464 miles (or 7,183 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 El Trompillo Airport and Chicago Rockford International 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 El Trompillo Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Trompillo Airport (SRZ):

• The closest airport to El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of SRZ.
• The first airlines to use this airport were Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, known as LAB, and Panagra.
• The furthest airport from El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) is San Fernando Airport (SFE), which is nearly antipodal to El Trompillo Airport (meaning El Trompillo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Fernando Airport), and is located 12,193 miles (19,622 kilometers) away in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines.
• El Trompillo Airport (SRZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• It was created in 1920 with a lane that measured no more than 800 meters.

Facts about Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD):

• Because of Chicago Rockford International Airport's relatively low elevation of 742 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago Rockford International 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.
• Several airlines have previously served the airport including United Express, Hooters Air, Frontier, Midwest Connect, Midway Connection, Trans Meridian, American Eagle, TWA, Ozark, McClain, Direct Air, Northwest Airlink, etc.
• The airport is in a foreign-trade zone.
• The furthest airport from Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,008 miles (17,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In an effort to capitalize on the airport's location from downtown Chicago and about 30 miles from the outermost Chicago suburbs), its name was changed to the Northwest Chicagoland Regional Airport at Rockford in the early 2000s.
• The closest airport to Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) is Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (JVL), which is located 30 miles (47 kilometers) N of RFD.
• Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) has 2 runways.