Nonstop flight route between Bangkok, Thailand and San José del Guaviare, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand and Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE), San José del Guaviare, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 11,225 miles (or 18,064 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and Jorge Enrique González Torres 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 Suvarnabhumi Airport and Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK):

• Suvarnabhumi Airport has taken numerous measures to protect it from flooding.
• In January 2007, ruts were discovered in the runways at Suvarnabhumi.
• Fifty percent of the airport's construction cost was covered by Airports of Thailand, while the another 50% was from a friendly agreement of AOT and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
• A further delay was caused by the discovery that the airport had been built over an old graveyard, and superstitious construction workers claimed to have seen ghosts there.
• Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) has 2 runways.
• Because of Suvarnabhumi Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Suvarnabhumi 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 airport has two parallel runways and two parallel taxiways to accommodate simultaneous departures and arrivals.
• The Engineering Institute of Thailand sent a formal warning to the AoT in November 2006 about the urgent need to drain water from beneath the tarmac, and the need for immediate action.
• Planning of a second international airport for Bangkok started in the early 1960s.
• The closest airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is Suvarnabhumi Airport (NBK), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BKK.
• The furthest airport from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), which is nearly antipodal to Suvarnabhumi Airport (meaning Suvarnabhumi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Jorge Chávez International Airport), and is located 12,252 miles (19,718 kilometers) away in Callao (near Lima), Peru.
• In addition to being known as "Suvarnabhumi Airport", other names for BKK include "ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ" and "VTBS".

Facts about Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE):

• Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) is Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport (TJQ), which is nearly antipodal to Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (meaning Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport", another name for SJE is "Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres".
• Because of Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport's relatively low elevation of 604 feet, planes can take off or land at Jorge Enrique González Torres 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 Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) is La Macarena Airport (LMC), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) WSW of SJE.