Nonstop flight route between Bucaramanga, Colombia and Jakarta, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palonegro International Airport (BGA), Bucaramanga, Colombia and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP), Jakarta, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,377 miles (or 19,919 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 Palonegro International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma 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 Palonegro International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between BGA and HLP makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Palonegro International Airport and Halim Perdanakusuma Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between BGA and HLP are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Bucaramanga, Colombia and Jakarta, Indonesia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between BGA and HLP!

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Facts about Palonegro International Airport (BGA):

• The modern facility that was opened by the President Misael Pastrana in August 1974 just before leaving office, they replaced the old airport "Gomez Niño".
• The furthest airport from Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), which is nearly antipodal to Palonegro International Airport (meaning Palonegro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA)), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Bandung, Indonesia.
• Its airport facilities were designed to successfully address the traffic of aircraft and the growth of passenger and cargo flow projected until 1990 and thereafter, it was envisaged the construction of a taxiing runway parallel to the original runway, the which was actually built years later, along with the facilities, apron and hangars to serve general aviation.
• The National Government through its Ministry of Transport and continuing with the policy of granting airports, airport included in the so-called Group Palonegro Northeast.
• The closest airport to Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Yariguíes Airport (EJA), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) W of BGA.
• Palonegro International Airport (BGA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Palonegro International Airport", another name for BGA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro".
• The Control Tower has a height of 34 metres equivalent to 10 floors, where one can see widely the length of the track in its entirety and platforms for parking of passenger and cargo aircraft.

Facts about Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP):

• In addition to being known as "Halim Perdanakusuma Airport", another name for HLP is "Bandara Udara Halim Perdanakusuma".
• Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) is Palonegro International Airport (BGA), which is nearly antipodal to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (meaning Halim Perdanakusuma Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Palonegro International Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
• Halim Perdanakusuma Airport is located in East Jakarta in the Indonesian capital Jakarta,
• On January 10, 2014, Halim Perdanakusuma began to serve domestic scheduled commercial flights to ease the overloaded Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
• Because of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport's relatively low elevation of 82 feet, planes can take off or land at Halim Perdanakusuma 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.
• Halim Perdanakusuma Airport handled 201,348 passengers last year.
• In the 1960s, the airport was also known as the Halim Perdana Kusumah Air Force Base, and before it was known as Tjililitan Airport, the borough in which it is located.
• The closest airport to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) is Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) WNW of HLP.
• To ease Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the Halim airport authority has announced to give 60 flight slots per hour for scheduled flights and for the first time, the 2013 Haj pilgrims have used this airport.