Nonstop flight route between Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and El Vigía, Venezuela:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN), Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG), El Vigía, Venezuela would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,270 miles (or 8,481 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso 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 Cologne/Bonn Airport and Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CGN / EDDK |
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Location: | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 50°51'56"N by 7°8'34"E |
Area Served: | Cologne and Bonn |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 302 feet (92 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from CGN |
More Information: | CGN Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | VIG / SVVG |
Airport Name: | Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport |
Location: | El Vigía, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°37'27"N by 71°40'22"W |
Airport Type: | Civil |
Elevation: | 249 feet (76 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from VIG |
More Information: | VIG Maps & Info |
Facts about Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN):
- Because of Cologne/Bonn Airport's relatively low elevation of 302 feet, planes can take off or land at Cologne/Bonn 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 "Cologne/Bonn Airport", another name for CGN is "Flughafen Köln/Bonn".
- Ryanair and Norwegian began service to Cologne/Bonn in May 2012.
- Cologne/Bonn Airport handled 9,280,070 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) NNW of CGN.
- The airport is located in the district of Porz and is surrounded by the Wahner Heide nature reserve.
- Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) has 3 runways.
- During the 50s and 60s two more runways and a new terminal were constructed.
- The furthest airport from Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,921 miles (19,185 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Facts about Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG):
- Because of Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport's relatively low elevation of 249 feet, planes can take off or land at Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso 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.
- Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport (STB), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NW of VIG.
- The furthest airport from Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG) is Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), which is nearly antipodal to Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (meaning Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Tunggul Wulung Airport), and is located 12,352 miles (19,879 kilometers) away in Cilacap, Java Island, Indonesia.