Nonstop flight route between Apiay, Colombia and Elko, Nevada, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (API), Apiay, Colombia and Elko Regional Airport (EKO), Elko, Nevada, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,644 miles (or 5,865 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 Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) and Elko Regional 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 Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) and Elko Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (API):

• In addition to being known as "Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base)", another name for API is "Base Aérea Capitán Luis F. Gómez Niño (Base Aérea de Apiay)".
• Today, the air base has responsibility for over 600.000 km2
• Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (API) currently has only 1 runway.
• The current Combat Air Command No.
• The furthest airport from Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (API) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (meaning Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,346 miles (19,869 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (Apiay Air Base) (API) is El Dorado International Airport (BOG), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) NW of API.
• Captain Luis Fernando Gómez Niño Air Base, also known as Apiay Air Base, is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Air Force Combat Air Command No.

Facts about Elko Regional Airport (EKO):

• United Airlines served Elko with Boeing 737-200 jetliners from November 1977 until 1982 flying a routing of San Francisco - Reno - Elko - Ely - Salt Lake City.
• Elko Regional Airport (EKO) has 2 runways.
• Elko Regional Airport, formerly Elko Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public airport one mile west of the central business district of Elko, in Elko County, Nevada.
• The closest airport to Elko Regional Airport (EKO) is Wells Municipal Airport (LWL), which is located 50 miles (80 kilometers) ENE of EKO.
• The furthest airport from Elko Regional Airport (EKO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 10,994 miles (17,694 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• SkyWest flies Embraer EMB-120 turboprops between Elko and Delta Air Lines' hub at Salt Lake City International Airport.
• Because of Elko Regional Airport's high elevation of 5,140 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at EKO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make EKO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Elko Regional Airport", another name for EKO is "J.C. Harris Field".
• On April 6, 1926, when it was called Elko Airport, it was the terminus for the first scheduled air mail run in the United States, flown by Varney Air Lines.