Nonstop flight route between Cocos Islands, Australia and Medellín, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), Cocos Islands, Australia and Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), Medellín, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,776 miles (or 18,951 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 Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport and Olaya Herrera 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 Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport and Olaya Herrera Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CCK / |
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Location: | Cocos Islands, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 12°11'18"S by 96°49'50"E |
Operator/Owner: | Toll Remote Logistics |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CCK |
More Information: | CCK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | EOH / SKMD |
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Location: | Medellín, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°13'10"N by 75°35'25"W |
Area Served: | Medellín |
Operator/Owner: | AirPlan |
Airport Type: | Commercial |
Elevation: | 4940 feet (1,506 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from EOH |
More Information: | EOH Maps & Info |
Facts about Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK):
- The closest airport to Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is located 612 miles (985 kilometers) E of CCK.
- Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport handled 15,712 passengers last year.
- Because of Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Cocos (Keeling) Island 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 airfield was built during World War II to support Allied aircraft in the war against Japan.
- Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) is Corn Island International Airport (RNI), which is nearly antipodal to Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (meaning Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Corn Island International Airport), and is located 12,429 miles (20,003 kilometers) away in Corn Island, Nicaragua.
- In addition to being known as "Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport", other names for CCK include "Lapangan Terbang Pulu Koko" and "YPCC".
- Cocos Island Airport is not one of the busiest in Australia but still served 15,712 revenue passengers during financial year 2010-2011.
Facts about Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH):
- The closest airport to Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) is José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) ESE of EOH.
- It was also one of the mainstays of Carrier Aces from its source to its sad demise in August 2003.
- Because of Olaya Herrera Airport's high elevation of 4,940 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EOH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EOH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Aerolínea de Antioquia has its headquarters on the airport property.West Caribbean Airways, when it existed, had its corporate headquarters, operational center, and call center in Hangar 73 on the airport property.
- In addition to being known as "Olaya Herrera Airport", another name for EOH is "Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera".
- Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) currently has only 1 runway.
- It has a very large LCD screens provided by Scala to give information of flights, and times of departure and arrival of aircraft, these screens were also designed to receive hospital care for those who wait, with music and animations in Macromedia.
- The furthest airport from Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) is Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), which is nearly antipodal to Olaya Herrera Airport (meaning Olaya Herrera Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia.
- In the 1940s the city was growing rapidly and new aircraft of the time required better facilities.