Nonstop flight route between Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from TCB to SDU:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- TCB Airport Information
- SDU Airport Information
- Facts about TCB
- Facts about SDU
- Map of Nearest Airports to TCB
- List of Nearest Airports to TCB
- Map of Furthest Airports from TCB
- List of Furthest Airports from TCB
- Map of Nearest Airports to SDU
- List of Nearest Airports to SDU
- Map of Furthest Airports from SDU
- List of Furthest Airports from SDU
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Treasure Cay Airport (TCB), Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,123 miles (or 6,635 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 Treasure Cay 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 Treasure Cay Airport and Santos Dumont Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TCB / MYAT |
Airport Name: | Treasure Cay Airport |
Location: | Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas |
GPS Coordinates: | 26°44'43"N by 77°23'27"W |
Area Served: | Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 8 feet (2 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TCB |
More Information: | TCB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SDU / SBRJ |
Airport Names: |
|
Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°54'37"S by 43°9'46"W |
Area Served: | Rio de Janeiro |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from SDU |
More Information: | SDU Maps & Info |
Facts about Treasure Cay Airport (TCB):
- Because of Treasure Cay Airport's relatively low elevation of 8 feet, planes can take off or land at Treasure Cay 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 furthest airport from Treasure Cay Airport (TCB) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,755 miles (18,918 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- The closest airport to Treasure Cay Airport (TCB) is Marsh Harbour Airport (MHH), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) SE of TCB.
- Treasure Cay Airport (TCB) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Santos Dumont Airport (SDU):
- On 31 August 2009, Infraero unveiled a BRL152.2 million investment plan to upgrade Santos Dumont Airport, particularly the passenger arrivals terminal.
- 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.
- Santos Dumont Airport handled 9,204,603 passengers last year.
- Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) has 2 runways.
- Real Auto Ônibus operates executive bus 2018, that runs half-hourly from the airport to the Central Bus Station and Galeão International Airport in one direction, and in the opposite direction to the southern parts of the city along the shore, with its final stop at Alvorada Bus Terminal in Barra da Tijuca.
- In 2012, the airport was ranked 6th in terms of transported passengers and aircraft operations, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
- 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.
- In 1934, in order to handle a growing amount of land operations, land was reclaimed from the sea to create the first runway of the airport with a length of 1,300 feet.
- In addition to being known as "Santos Dumont Airport", another name for SDU is "Aeroporto Santos Dumont".
- Santos Dumont Airport is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- With the gradual shift of international operations to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport opened in 1952, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont lost its place as an international hub, but for many years retained its position of a major hub for domestic traffic, particularly until 1960, when the capital of Brazil was moved to Brasília.