Nonstop flight route between Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Ramstein, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Ramstein Air Base (RMS), Ramstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,395 miles (or 10,291 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 Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport and Ramstein Air Base, 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 Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport and Ramstein Air Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA):

• The closest airport to Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) is Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NE of VIA.
• In addition to being known as "Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport", another name for VIA is "Aeroporto Municipal Ângelo Ponzoni".
• Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Currently no scheduled flights operate at this airport.
• The airport is located 1 km from downtown Videira.
• The furthest airport from Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (meaning Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.

Facts about Ramstein Air Base (RMS):

• Construction of the modern USAF base near Kaiserslautern began in April 1948 under the provisions of a Franco-American reciprocal agreement.
• The host unit is the 86th Airlift Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Patrick X.
• From 2004 to 2006, Ramstein Air Base underwent an extensive expansion with a major construction project – including an all-new airport terminal, among other new facilities, through the so-called Rhein-Main Transition Program which was initiated in support of the total closure of Rhein-Main Air Base on 30 December 2005 and transferring all its former capacities to Ramstein Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base.
• Also at Ramstein is the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, which focuses on base-support responsibilities within the KMC.
• The commander of the 435th AGOW is Colonel John S.
• In addition to being known as "Ramstein Air Base", another name for RMS is "Ramstein AB".
• The furthest airport from Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Ramstein Air Base (meaning Ramstein Air Base is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,003 miles (19,316 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Ramstein Air Base (RMS) is Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of RMS.
• On 31 January 1973, several headquarters were relocated into and out of Ramstein, when Seventeenth AF moved to Sembach Air Base to make room for the expected move of HQ USAFE to Ramstein.
• Ramstein's wings are assigned to the headquarters 3rd Air Force also based at Ramstein AB, which controls most of the USAF Wings throughout Europe.