Nonstop flight route between Zürich, Switzerland and El Vigía, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zürich, Switzerland and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG), El Vigía, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,324 miles (or 8,568 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 Zurich Airport and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso 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 Zurich Airport and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ZRH / LSZH |
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Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
GPS Coordinates: | 47°27'52"N by 8°32'57"E |
Area Served: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Zürich AG |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1416 feet (432 meters) |
# of Runways: | 4 |
View all routes: | Routes from ZRH |
More Information: | ZRH Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VIG / SVVG |
Airport Name: | Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport |
Location: | El Vigía, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°37'27"N by 71°40'22"W |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 249 feet (76 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VIG |
More Information: | VIG Maps & Info |
Facts about Zurich Airport (ZRH):
- The airport is served by the A51 motorway and other main roads, which provide access to the airport especially for the central and eastern Switzerland.
- When Swissair existed, its head office was at Zurich Airport and in Kloten.
- Schengen and non-Schengen arriving passengers are handled in separate areas of the central airside building, with non-Schengen passengers passing through immigration controls to reach the ground-side terminal complex.
- The furthest airport from Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Zurich Airport (meaning Zurich Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,087 miles (19,453 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Zurich Airport (ZRH) has 4 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Zurich Airport", another name for ZRH is "Flughafen Zürich".
- Zurich Airport handled 24,865,138 passengers last year.
- The airport was again submitted and approved for renovation in 1970, and Terminal B was completed in 1971.
- The closest airport to Zurich Airport (ZRH) is Emmen Swiss Air Base (EML), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of ZRH.
Facts about Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG):
- Because of Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso 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 Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NW of VIG.
- The furthest airport from Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (meaning Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,352 miles (19,879 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.
- Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) currently has only 1 runway.