Nonstop flight route between Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ruben Berta International Airport (URG), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,909 miles (or 9,510 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 Ruben Berta International Airport and McCarran 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 Ruben Berta International Airport and McCarran 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 Ruben Berta International Airport (URG):

• The airport is located 9 km from downtown Uruguaiana.
• Ruben Berta International Airport handled 3,122 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) is Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport (HSN), which is nearly antipodal to Ruben Berta International Airport (meaning Ruben Berta International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
• In addition to being known as "Ruben Berta International Airport", another name for URG is "Aeroporto Internacional Ruben Berta".
• The airport was inaugurated in 1945 and the terminal building in 1968.
• Because of Ruben Berta International Airport's relatively low elevation of 256 feet, planes can take off or land at Ruben Berta 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.
• The closest airport to Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) is Paso de los Libres Airport (AOL), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) NW of URG.
• It is operated by Infraero.
• Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) has 2 runways.

Facts about McCarran International Airport (LAS):

• McCarran International Airport (LAS) has 4 runways.
• The furthest airport from McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,305 miles (18,194 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• In 2012 McCarran ranked 24th in the world for passenger traffic, with 40,799,830 passengers passing through the terminal.
• The closest airport to McCarran International Airport (LAS) is Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) S of LAS.
• Terminal 3, opened on June 27, 2012, is used for all international flights as well as some domestic airlines.
• An expansion plan, McCarran 2000, was adopted in 1978 and funded by a $300 million bond issue in 1982.
• On January 4, 2005 the airport started offering wireless internet service at no charge.
• McCarran International Airport handled 40,933,037 passengers last year.
• Between 1986 and 1997, Terminal 2 was built where two separate terminals had been in the 1970s and 1980s.