Nonstop flight route between Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States and Cangamba, Angola:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS), Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States and Cangamba Airport (CNZ), Cangamba, Angola would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,214 miles (or 10,001 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 Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport and Cangamba 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 Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport and Cangamba Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VQS / TJVQ |
Airport Name: | Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport |
Location: | Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°8'4"N by 65°29'36"W |
Area Served: | Isla De Vieques, Puerto Rico |
Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 49 feet (15 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VQS |
More Information: | VQS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CNZ / |
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Location: | Cangamba, Angola |
GPS Coordinates: | 13°42'33"S by 19°51'37"E |
Area Served: | Cangamba |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3894 feet (1,187 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CNZ |
More Information: | CNZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS):
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport handled 165,043 passengers last year.
- Because of Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport's relatively low elevation of 49 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio Rivera Rodríguez 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.
- Early in 2005, plans were announced to expand the airport's lone runway, so that the airport can accept flights by smaller jets.
- When anti-military demonstrators started flocking into Vieques, both by air and sea, in 1999, Vieques Airport saw a considerable increase to its normal yearly average of passengers.
- The airport does not accept jet aircraft, but a couple of international flights operate from it.
- The closest airport to Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) NW of VQS.
- Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (meaning Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,239 miles (19,697 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Cangamba Airport (CNZ):
- In addition to being known as "Cangamba Airport", another name for CNZ is "Cangamba Airport (Cangamba)".
- The furthest airport from Cangamba Airport (CNZ) is Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), which is located 11,940 miles (19,215 kilometers) away in Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States.
- Cangamba Airport (CNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Cangamba Airport (CNZ) is Cuito Cuanavale Airport (CTI), which is located 111 miles (178 kilometers) SSW of CNZ.