Nonstop flight route between Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and Cartago, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ), Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and Santa Ana Airport (CRC), Cartago, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,267 miles (or 2,039 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 relatively short distance between Quetzaltenango Airport and Santa Ana Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AAZ / MGQZ |
Airport Name: | Quetzaltenango Airport |
Location: | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala |
GPS Coordinates: | 14°51'56"N by 91°30'6"W |
Operator/Owner: | Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil |
Airport Type: | Joint |
Elevation: | 7779 feet (2,371 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AAZ |
More Information: | AAZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CRC / SKGO |
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Location: | Cartago, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°45'29"N by 75°57'20"W |
Area Served: | Cartago, Colombia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2979 feet (908 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CRC |
More Information: | CRC Maps & Info |
Facts about Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ):
- On 1 November 1998 a Douglas DC-3 carrying 18 crew and passengers crashed near the airport into mountainous terrain.
- The furthest airport from Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,847 miles (19,066 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Quetzaltenango Airport serves the city of Quetzaltenango also known as "Xelajú" or "Xela" and western Guatemala.
- The closest airport to Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) is Quiché Airport (AQB), which is located 26 miles (41 kilometers) ENE of AAZ.
- Because of Quetzaltenango Airport's high elevation of 7,779 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AAZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AAZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Quetzaltenango Airport (AAZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- Quetzaltenango 1 is the name of the first aircraft built in Central America, Miguel Angel Castroconde is responsible for the airplane with the name Quetzaltenango 1, plane he built with the help of his son becoming the PrimerCconstructor an aircraft in Guatemala.
Facts about Santa Ana Airport (CRC):
- In addition to being known as "Santa Ana Airport", another name for CRC is "Aeropuerto Nacional de Santa Ana".
- Santa Ana Airport (CRC) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Santa Ana Airport (CRC) is Matecaña International Airport (PEI), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of CRC.
- The furthest airport from Santa Ana Airport (CRC) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Ana Airport (meaning Santa Ana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.