Nonstop flight route between Catumbela, Angola and Colón, Panama:
Departure Airport:
Arrival Airport:
Distance from CBT to ONX:
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- CBT Airport Information
- ONX Airport Information
- Facts about CBT
- Facts about ONX
- Map of Nearest Airports to CBT
- List of Nearest Airports to CBT
- Map of Furthest Airports from CBT
- List of Furthest Airports from CBT
- Map of Nearest Airports to ONX
- List of Nearest Airports to ONX
- Map of Furthest Airports from ONX
- List of Furthest Airports from ONX
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Catumbela Airport (CBT), Catumbela, Angola and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,010 miles (or 11,282 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 Catumbela Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Catumbela Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBT / FNCT |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Catumbela, Angola |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°25'46"S by 20°18'39"E |
| Area Served: | Benguela, Lobito |
| Operator/Owner: | ENANA |
| Airport Type: | Civil |
| Elevation: | 23 feet (7 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CBT |
| More Information: | CBT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | ONX / MPEJ |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Colón, Panama |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'24"N by 79°52'3"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from ONX |
| More Information: | ONX Maps & Info |
Facts about Catumbela Airport (CBT):
- The closest airport to Catumbela Airport (CBT) is Lucapa Airport (LBZ), which is located 74 miles (119 kilometers) NNE of CBT.
- Because of Catumbela Airport's relatively low elevation of 23 feet, planes can take off or land at Catumbela 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 furthest airport from Catumbela Airport (CBT) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is located 11,898 miles (19,148 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.
- Catumbela Airport (CBT) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Catumbela Airport", other names for CBT include "Catoca Airport (Catoca)" and "Aeroporto da Catumbela".
Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):
- During the early 1920s, France Field was expanded, as the defense of the Panama Canal was the major overseas concern of the Air Service.
- The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.
- Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
- France Air Force Base was deactivated on 1 November 1949 by the United States Air Force due to budgetary reductions, and turned into a civil airport in the United States Canal Zone and renamed Colon Airport.
- The furthest airport from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Almost from the beginning, it was realized that flying in the tropics was very different than in the United States.
