Nonstop flight route between Cortez, Colorado, United States and Con Son, Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ), Cortez, Colorado, United States and Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS), Con Son, Con Dao, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,524 miles (or 13,718 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 Cortez Municipal Airport and Cỏ Ống 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 Cortez Municipal Airport and Cỏ Ống Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ):

• The furthest airport from Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• A Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made an emergency nighttime forced landing August 3, 1959, at the Cortez Municipal Airport.
• Cortez Municipal Airport is three miles southwest of Cortez, in Montezuma County, Colorado.
• Because of Cortez Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,918 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CEZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CEZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of CEZ.

Facts about Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS):

• In addition to being known as "Cỏ Ống Airport", another name for VCS is "Sân bay Cỏ Ống".
• Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) is Cà Mau Airport (CAH), which is located 104 miles (167 kilometers) WNW of VCS.
• The furthest airport from Cỏ Ống Airport (VCS) is FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL), which is nearly antipodal to Cỏ Ống Airport (meaning Cỏ Ống Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport), and is located 12,351 miles (19,877 kilometers) away in Pucallpa, Peru.
• Because of Cỏ Ống Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Cỏ Ống 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.