Nonstop flight route between Detroit, Michigan, United States and Arauca, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States and Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC), Arauca, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,553 miles (or 4,108 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP) and Santiago Pérez Quiroz 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP) and Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• Although the airfield itself and the buildings to the east of the runways had been built on Henry Ford's personal property, it is unclear how the parcels across the county line that became the site of the bomber plant were assembled.
• Willow Run Airport was named for a small stream that meandered through pastureland and woods until the late-1930s.
• The closest airport to Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• The Willow Run bomber plant had many problems at startup, due in part to the mindsets and technical skills of both management and labor, who were each accustomed to the requirements of auto production, finding it difficult at first to adapt to the higher precision required in aircraft production.
• United was the last carrier of those to use Willow Run, moving its remaining Detroit operations in 1967 to Metro Airport.
• Today the Yankee Air Museum, in one of the airport hangars, has a large collection of vintage aircraft.

Facts about Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC):

• The closest airport to Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC) is Guasdualito Airport (GDO), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) N of AUC.
• In addition to being known as "Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport", other names for AUC include "Aeropuerto Santiago Pérez Quiroz" and "APO".
• Because of Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport's relatively low elevation of 423 feet, planes can take off or land at Santiago Pérez Quiroz 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.
• Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (AUC) is Purwokerto / Wirasaba Airport (PWL), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (meaning Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Purwokerto / Wirasaba Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Wirasaba, Central Java, Indonesia.