Nonstop flight route between Bogotá, Colombia and Geneva, Switzerland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, Colombia and Geneva International Airport (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,519 miles (or 8,881 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 El Dorado International Airport and Geneva International 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 El Dorado International Airport and Geneva International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOG / SKBO |
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| Location: | Bogotá, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°42'5"N by 74°8'48"W |
| Operator/Owner: | OPAIN S.A. |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 8361 feet (2,548 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOG |
| More Information: | BOG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GVA / LSGG |
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| Location: | Geneva, Switzerland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 46°14'17"N by 6°6'33"E |
| Area Served: | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Geneva |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1411 feet (430 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GVA |
| More Information: | GVA Maps & Info |
Facts about El Dorado International Airport (BOG):
- In addition to being known as "El Dorado International Airport", another name for BOG is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado".
- Due to the high demand for passengers, it has now become apparent to build a new, more modern airport with much more capacity for both commercial and cargo flights.
- In 1977, the Military Transport Aviation Command was named after the Colombian aviation pioneer, Honorary Brigadier General Camilo Daza Alvarez.
- The closest airport to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) WSW of BOG.
- El Dorado International Airport is an international airport located in Bogotá, Colombia.
- Because of El Dorado International Airport's high elevation of 8,361 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In 1996 the base opened new ground accesses through an area devoted to the Military Transport Aviation Command.
- El Dorado Passenger Terminal was designed during the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
- El Dorado International Airport (BOG) has 2 runways.
- In 1954 he created a "Liaison Squadron" operating under direct orders of the President of the Republic, at the time, Gen.
- Operations out of the Bogotá hub allow travelers to easily connect between domestic destinations, from a domestic destination to an international destination, from an international destination to a domestic city, between two international destinations and allows for simpler codeshare connections.
- On 3 September 1932 it was launched the first Military Transport Service in Colombia, when a Junkers F-13 carried Colonel Luis Acevedo and his party to Leticia.
- The furthest airport from El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to El Dorado International Airport (meaning El Dorado International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
- The fourth floor held the administrsative offices and its dependencies which accounted through to the fifth floor.
Facts about Geneva International Airport (GVA):
- The furthest airport from Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Geneva International Airport (meaning Geneva International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,227 miles (19,678 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Geneva International Airport", another name for GVA is "Aéroport international de GenèveGenève aéroport".
- The airport has a single concrete runway, which is the longest in Switzerland with a length of 3,900 m, and a smaller, parallel, grass runway for light aircraft.
- Geneva International Airport (GVA) has 2 runways.
- Winter weekends see dozens of coaches at the nearby Charter terminal meeting charter flights from all over Europe, but primarily the UK.
- The closest airport to Geneva International Airport (GVA) is Annemasse Aerodrome (QNJ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of GVA.
- A new terminal project named 'Aile Est' starting in 2012, will modernize and extend Pier C following a complete reconstruction.
- Geneva International Airport handled 14,436,000 passengers last year.
- The 2007-2015 master plan is coming to an end with the construction of pier C, that will enable seven aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus A330 and A340 to connect to the terminal via jet bridges.
- On May 7, 1968, Geneva Main Terminal was inaugurated, which was planned to accommodate 7 million passengers a year.
