Nonstop flight route between Kalispell, Montana, United States and Castro, Chile:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Glacier Park International Airport (FCA), Kalispell, Montana, United States and Gamboa Airport (WCA), Castro, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,740 miles (or 10,847 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 Glacier Park International Airport and Gamboa 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 Glacier Park International Airport and Gamboa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | FCA / KGPI |
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Location: | Kalispell, Montana, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°18'38"N by 114°15'21"W |
Area Served: | Kalispell, Montana |
Operator/Owner: | Flathead Municipal Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2977 feet (907 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from FCA |
More Information: | FCA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | WCA / SCST |
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Location: | Castro, Chile |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°29'17"S by 73°46'30"W |
Area Served: | Castro, Chile |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 187 feet (57 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from WCA |
More Information: | WCA Maps & Info |
Facts about Glacier Park International Airport (FCA):
- Horizon Air operating as Alaska Airlines flies Bombardier Q400s daily to Seattle.
- Glacier Park International Airport handled 355,928 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Pincher Creek Airport (WPC), which is located 84 miles (136 kilometers) N of FCA.
- The furthest airport from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,533 miles (16,951 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Service to Phoenix, Arizona on US Airways ended in 2007.
- Glacier Park International Airport is in Flathead County, Montana, six miles northeast of Kalispell.
- In addition to being known as "Glacier Park International Airport", another name for FCA is "GPI".
- Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) has 2 runways.
- Glacier International was announced by the FAA as one of the control towers losing funding March 22, 2012 leaving arrivals and departures to pilot control and communication.
Facts about Gamboa Airport (WCA):
- The furthest airport from Gamboa Airport (WCA) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to Gamboa Airport (meaning Gamboa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
- In addition to being known as "Gamboa Airport", another name for WCA is "Aeródromo Gamboa".
- Because of Gamboa Airport's relatively low elevation of 187 feet, planes can take off or land at Gamboa 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 Gamboa Airport (WCA) is Mocopulli Airport (MHC), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) NNE of WCA.
- Gamboa Airport (WCA) currently has only 1 runway.