Nonstop flight route between Aviano, Pordenone, Italy and Nueva Loja, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Aviano Air Base (AVB), Aviano, Pordenone, Italy and Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ), Nueva Loja, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,188 miles (or 9,959 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 Aviano Air Base and Lago Agrio 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 Aviano Air Base and Lago Agrio Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Aviano Air Base (AVB):

• In August and September, Operation Deliberate Force began and the 31st FW conducted air strikes against Bosnian Serbs conducting ethnic purges among the Muslim population of the country.
• The furthest airport from Aviano Air Base (AVB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,968 miles (19,261 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Aviano Air Base", another name for AVB is "Aviano AB".
• Since the beginning of combat operations in Iraq, forces from the wing have been on regular combat rotations into the region.
• The closest airport to Aviano Air Base (AVB) is Belluno Airport (BLX), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) WNW of AVB.
• As part of the most extensive restructuring since the Air Force became a separate service, the Tactical Air Command was inactivated and the Air Combat Command was activated and the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing was redesignated to its current name, the 31st Fighter Wing.
• To avoid losing the wing’s heritage and history as the highest scoring Army Air Force unit in the Mediterranean Theater in WWII, the impressive combat record in Vietnam and number of significant firsts they produced in the early years of the Air Force, the 31 FW was chosen to move rather than fade into obscurity.
• Aviano Air Base was established by the Italian government in 1911, and was used as training base for Italian pilots and construction facility for aircraft parts.
• The 31st Mission Support Group’s goal is to provide infrastructure and service to support a premiere combat capability and quality of life to the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano community and multiple geographically separated units.

Facts about Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ):

• Because of Lago Agrio Airport's relatively low elevation of 982 feet, planes can take off or land at Lago Agrio 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 Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) is Tres de Mayo Airport (PUU), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) NE of LGQ.
• The furthest airport from Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) is Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH), which is nearly antipodal to Lago Agrio Airport (meaning Lago Agrio Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hang Nadim International Airport), and is located 12,329 miles (19,841 kilometers) away in Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Lago Agrio Airport", another name for LGQ is "Aeropuerto de Lago Agrio".
• Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) currently has only 1 runway.