Nonstop flight route between Burbank, California, United States and Barranquilla, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Burbank, California, United States and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ), Barranquilla, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,179 miles (or 5,116 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 Bob Hope Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz 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 Bob Hope Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Bob Hope Airport (BUR):

• On November 11, 2003, the airport authority voted to change the name to Bob Hope Airport in honor of comedian Bob Hope, a longtime resident of nearby Toluca Lake, who had died earlier that year and who had kept his personal airplane at the airfield.
• The furthest airport from Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,470 miles (18,459 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• In addition to being known as "Bob Hope Airport", another name for BUR is "(former Lockheed Air Terminal)".
• Boeing Aircraft and Transport was a holding company created in 1928 that included Boeing Aircraft and United Air Lines, itself a holding company for a collection of small airlines that continued to operate under their own names.
• Bob Hope Airport (BUR) has 2 runways.
• In the late 1960s Pacific Airlines Boeing 727-100s flew nonstop to Las Vegas.
• Because of Bob Hope Airport's relatively low elevation of 778 feet, planes can take off or land at Bob Hope 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.
• After much debate between the Airport Authority, the city of Burbank, the Transportation Security Administration, and Burbank residents, in November 2007 it was decided that a new $8-million to $10-million baggage screening facility for Terminal B is legal, considering the anti-growth limitations placed on the airport.
• The closest airport to Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is Whiteman Airport (WHP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of BUR.

Facts about Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ):

• The airport is located in the municipality of Soledad, just 12 km from the center of Barranquilla.
• At the beginning of commercial aviation in Colombia, airport construction was in charge of each airline purporting to serve a particular city.
• The airport has a taxiway parallel to the runway in order to reach both ends.
• Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Soledad Airport soon established itself as the premier international airport in Colombia and the first hub in the country.
• In addition to being known as "Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport", another name for BAQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz".
• The furthest airport from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (meaning Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• The closest airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) ENE of BAQ.
• Because of Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at Ernesto Cortissoz International 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.
• In the international area are the gates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, each with a waiting area for passengers.
• Currently, the company Caribbean Airports S.