Nonstop flight route between Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and San Diego, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ruben Berta International Airport (URG), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Diego, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,843 miles (or 9,403 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 San Diego 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 San Diego 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):

• 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 airport is located 9 km from downtown Uruguaiana.
• 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.
• Ruben Berta International Airport (URG) has 2 runways.
• Ruben Berta International Airport handled 3,122 passengers last year.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ruben Berta International Airport", another name for URG is "Aeroporto Internacional Ruben Berta".

Facts about San Diego International Airport (SAN):

• San Diego International is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the United States, and the second-busiest single-use runway in the world after London Gatwick with about 550 departures and arrivals carrying 50,000 passengers each day, and a total of 17,250,269 passengers in 2012.
• The closest airport to San Diego International Airport (SAN) is NAS North Island (NZY), which is located only 3 miles (5 kilometers) SSW of SAN.
• Built and operated by the City of San Diego through the sale of municipal bonds to be repaid by airport users, then the San Diego Unified Port District, the airport is now operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
• In addition to being known as "San Diego International Airport", another name for SAN is "Lindbergh Field".
• Because of San Diego International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at San Diego 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.
• SAN is in a populated area.
• The airport was the first federally certified airfield to serve all aircraft types, including seaplanes.
• Aircraft do not land at the end of the runway as at most airports, but at a displaced threshold.
• The airport has domestic flights, as well as international flights to Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Japan.
• San Diego International Airport is testing a new system of airfield lights called Runway Status Lights for the FAA.
• San Diego International Airport (SAN) currently has only 1 runway.
• Lindbergh Field does not have standard 1,000 ft runway safety areas at the end of each runway.
• The furthest airport from San Diego International Airport (SAN) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,540 miles (18,571 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.