Nonstop flight route between Stuttgart, Germany and Santa Maria, Portugal:
Departure Airport:
(48°47'2"N by 9°10'54"E)
Arrival Airport:
(36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W)
Distance from ZWS to SMA:
1,900.02 miles (3,057.78 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS), Stuttgart, Germany and Santa Maria Airport (SMA), Santa Maria, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,900 miles (or 3,058 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 relatively short distance between Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and Santa Maria Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZWS / |
| Airport Name: | Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof |
| Location: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°47'2"N by 9°10'54"E |
| Elevation: | 0 feet (0 meters) |
| View all routes: | Routes from ZWS |
| More Information: | ZWS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMA / LPAZ |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Santa Maria, Portugal |
| GPS Coordinates: | 36°58'26"N by 25°10'15"W |
| Area Served: | Vila do Porto |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Portugal |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 308 feet (94 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from SMA |
| More Information: | SMA Maps & Info |
Facts about Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS):
- The closest airport to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS) is Stuttgart Airport (STR), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SSE of ZWS.
- Because of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof 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 station building was constructed using reinforced concrete, which was then covered with roughly hewn shell limestone ashlar, sourced from the area around Crailsheim.
- In 1910, the Royal Württemberg State Railways underwrote an architectural contest, which saw 70 participants.
- As part of the Stuttgart 21 project, the two wings were demolished.
- The furthest airport from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (meaning Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,001 miles (19,313 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Santa Maria Airport (SMA):
- The closest airport to Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is João Paulo II Airport (PDL), which is located 60 miles (97 kilometers) NNW of SMA.
- The furthest airport from Santa Maria Airport (SMA) is Moruya Airport (MYA), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Maria Airport (meaning Santa Maria Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Moruya Airport), and is located 12,166 miles (19,579 kilometers) away in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for SMA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".
- Because of Santa Maria Airport's relatively low elevation of 308 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.
- Santa Maria Airport handled 93,436 passengers last year.
- Transportes Aéreos Portugueses began lay-over flights to this airport on 7 December 1962, eventually inaugurating trans-Atlantic service between Santa Maria-New York and Santa Maria-Montreal.
- Santa Maria Airport (SMA) currently has only 1 runway.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 6.74 miles (10.85 km) SSE | Stuttgart Airport (STR) | Stuttgart, Germany |     |
| 2 | 50.13 miles (80.68 km) W | Baden Airpark (FKB) | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 3 | 56.34 miles (90.67 km) NNW | Mannheim City Airport (MHG) | Mannheim, Germany | |
| 4 | 68.20 miles (109.76 km) WSW | Black Forest Airport (LHA) | Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 5 | 69.37 miles (111.64 km) NNE | Giebelstadt Airport (GHF) | Giebelstadt, Germany | |
| 6 | 72.56 miles (116.77 km) WSW | Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) | Strasbourg, France | |
| 7 | 78.35 miles (126.09 km) SSE | Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) | Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Germany | |
| 8 | 78.62 miles (126.52 km) NW | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) | Sembach, Germany | |
| 9 | 80.67 miles (129.83 km) NE | Kitzingen Airport (KZG) | Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 10 | 83.70 miles (134.71 km) ESE | Augsburg Airport (AGB) | Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany | |
| 11 | 84.74 miles (136.38 km) WNW | Ramstein Air Base (RMS) | Ramstein, Germany | |
| 12 | 85.93 miles (138.28 km) WNW | Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) | Zweibrücken, Germany | |
| 13 | 90.59 miles (145.80 km) NNW | Frankfurt Airport (FRA) | Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 14 | 91.40 miles (147.09 km) S | St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport (ACH) | Altenrhein, Switzerland | |
| 15 | 94.19 miles (151.59 km) NNW | Mainz Finthen Airport (QMZ) | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,000.52 miles (19,312.91 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,583.94 miles (18,642.51 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,568.62 miles (18,617.85 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,567.33 miles (18,615.77 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,562.16 miles (18,607.45 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,556.16 miles (18,597.79 km) ESE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,551.83 miles (18,590.81 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,551.47 miles (18,590.24 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,544.73 miles (18,579.39 km) E | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,544.18 miles (18,578.52 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,543.28 miles (18,577.06 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,540.16 miles (18,572.03 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,531.65 miles (18,558.35 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,529.17 miles (18,554.35 km) E | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,511.94 miles (18,526.62 km) SE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 60.44 miles (97.26 km) NNW | João Paulo II Airport (PDL) | Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal | |
| 2 | 161.94 miles (260.61 km) NW | Lajes Air Base (TER) | Lajes, Azores, Portugal | |
| 3 | 209.34 miles (336.90 km) WNW | Pico Airport (PIX) | Pico Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 4 | 213.54 miles (343.67 km) NW | Graciosa Airport (GRW) | Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 5 | 221.17 miles (355.94 km) WNW | Horta International Airport (HOR) | Horta, Azores, Portugal | |
| 6 | 366.19 miles (589.32 km) WNW | Flores Airport (FLW) | Flores Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 7 | 371.97 miles (598.63 km) WNW | Corvo Airport (CVU) | Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal | |
| 8 | 560.01 miles (901.25 km) ESE | Madeira Airport (FNC) | Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 9 | 566.98 miles (912.46 km) ESE | Porto Santo Airport (PXO) | Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal | |
| 10 | 719.25 miles (1,157.51 km) SE | La Palma Airport (SPC) | La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 11 | 771.87 miles (1,242.20 km) SE | La Gomera Airport (GMZ) | Alajeró / San Sebastián, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 12 | 778.68 miles (1,253.16 km) SE | Tenerife North Airport (TFN) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 13 | 793.97 miles (1,277.77 km) SE | Tenerife-South Airport (TFS) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 14 | 844.99 miles (1,359.87 km) SE | Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) | Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| 15 | 869.00 miles (1,398.51 km) SE | Lanzarote Airport (ACE) | Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,166.03 miles (19,579.28 km) ESE | Moruya Airport (MYA) | Moruya, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,164.68 miles (19,577.11 km) E | Merimbula Airport (MIM) | Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,155.61 miles (19,562.50 km) SE | Illawarra Regional Airport (WOL) | Shellharbour, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 4 | 12,143.59 miles (19,543.17 km) SE | Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) | Mascot (near Sydney), Australia | |
| 5 | 12,135.02 miles (19,529.37 km) SE | Bankstown Airport (BWU) | Bankstown (near Sydney), New South Wales, Australia | |
| 6 | 12,128.04 miles (19,518.13 km) SE | Camden Aerodrome (CDU) | Camden, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 7 | 12,113.81 miles (19,495.24 km) ESE | Goulburn Airport (GUL) | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 8 | 12,112.40 miles (19,492.97 km) SE | Belmont Airport (BEO) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 9 | 12,102.07 miles (19,476.35 km) ESE | Canberra Airport (CBR) | Canberra, Australia | |
| 10 | 12,101.93 miles (19,476.12 km) SSE | Newcastle Airport (NTL) | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 11 | 12,086.58 miles (19,451.41 km) SE | Cessnock Airport (CES) | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 12 | 12,086.22 miles (19,450.83 km) SSE | Maitland Airport (MTL) | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 13 | 12,054.69 miles (19,400.10 km) SE | Bathurst Airport (BHS) | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 14 | 12,047.90 miles (19,389.17 km) E | Corryong Airport (CYG) | Corryong, Victoria, Australia | |
| 15 | 12,038.04 miles (19,373.30 km) SSE | Port Macquarie Airport (PQQ) | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | |