Nonstop flight route between Tallahassee, Florida, United States and Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida, United States and Santa Maria Airport (RIA), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,617 miles (or 7,430 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 Tallahassee Regional Airport and Santa Maria 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 Tallahassee Regional Airport and Santa Maria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH):

• The Tallahassee Regional Airport terminal has two concourses, A and B.
• Because of Tallahassee Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallahassee Regional 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 Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,303 miles (18,190 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) has 2 runways.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport handled 67,110 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Decatur County Industrial Air Park (BGE), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNW of TLH.
• Eastern Airlines opened the airport by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials.
• From the airport's opening until the early 1980s, the airport's primary runway was Runway 18/36, a 6076-foot runway with an ILS approach, enabling all-weather approaches, and a USAF certified High TACAN approach for practice by Air Force aircraft based at Tyndall AFB, near Panama City.

Facts about Santa Maria Airport (RIA):

• Santa Maria Airport (RIA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (RIA) is João Batista Bos Filho Airport (IJU), which is located 93 miles (150 kilometers) N of RIA.
• Since 1971, with the creation of the Santa Maria Air Force Base, civil and military facilities are shared.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for RIA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".
• The furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (RIA) is Aguni Airport (AGJ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aguni Airport), and is located 12,214 miles (19,656 kilometers) away in Aguni, Japan.
• Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 289 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Maria 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.
• It is operated by the Brazilian Air Force.