Nonstop flight route between Cali, Colombia and Santa Maria, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO), Cali, Colombia and Santa Maria Airport (SMA), Santa Maria, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,976 miles (or 6,398 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 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport and Santa Maria 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 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport and Santa Maria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO):

• The Department of Valle and the City Council had offered a lucrative prize of $ 9,500 pesos to the first pilot to land in the city.
• Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is nearly antipodal to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (meaning Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• It should be noted that in 1946, the company VIARCO valle, under the management of Ricardo A.
• In addition to being known as "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport", another name for CLO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Alfonso Bonilla Aragón".
• The closest airport to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) is Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) WNW of CLO.

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.
• 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 (SMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Santa Maria Airport handled 93,436 passengers last year.
• It has one runway which is 3,048 m × 60 m.
• The forerunner of SATA Air Açores initiated services concurrently to São Miguel and Terceira from Santa Maria Airport on 5 August 1947, using a plane christened "Açor".
• 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.
• The airport at Santa Maria was part of a larger complex of buildings and infrastructures constructed in the 20th century.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Maria Airport", another name for SMA is "Aeroporto de Santa Maria".