Nonstop flight route between Seville, Spain and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Seville Airport (SVQ), Seville, Spain and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,821 miles (or 7,759 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 Seville Airport and Santos Dumont 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 Seville Airport and Santos Dumont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Seville Airport (SVQ):

• In addition to being known as "Seville Airport", another name for SVQ is "Aeropuerto de Sevilla".
• In April 1927, Unión Aérea Española established the air service Madrid-Seville-Lisbon.
• Seville Airport (SVQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1989, with a focus on the Seville Expo '92, the apron was extended, and a new access from the national motorway N-IV was opened.
• Seville Airport handled 428,748 passengers last year.
• In 1929 the first flight was operated between Madrid and Seville and in 1930, this was extended to the Canary Islands.
• Because of Seville Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Seville 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.
• The closest airport to Seville Airport (SVQ) is Jerez Airport (XRY), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) S of SVQ.
• The furthest airport from Seville Airport (SVQ) is Auckland Airport (AKL), which is nearly antipodal to Seville Airport (meaning Seville Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Auckland Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,939 kilometers) away in Mangere, New Zealand.

Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):

• On 21 May 1959 a formal agreement between Varig, Cruzeiro do Sul, and VASP created an air shuttle service, the first of its kind in the world.
• Due to a fire that almost destroyed the main terminal in 1999, the passenger terminal building was closed for 6 months.
• Santos Dumont Airport is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
• 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.
• 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 handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
• 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.
• On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL152.2 million investment plan to upgrade Santos Dumont Airport, particularly the passenger arrivals terminal.