Nonstop flight route between Cleveland, Ohio, United States and Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Cleveland, Ohio, United States and El Loa Airport (CJC), Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,492 miles (or 7,230 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 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and El Loa 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 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and El Loa Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE):

• The closest airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NE of CLE.
• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) has 3 runways.
• In 1998, Hopkins moved rental car operations off the airport grounds to a new consolidated rental car facility.
• The older parallel runway, formerly Runway 6C/24C, was 7,096 x 150 ft.
• From the postwar era until the mid-1980s, United Airlines maintained its eastern-most domestic hub at CLE.
• During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, CLE did have scheduled widebody service.
• For weather-related issues, United would sometimes divert EWR-bound international 767s and 777s into CLE.
• Prior to June 2014, the airport was the second smallest hub out of the ten hubs operated by United Airlines and its regional carriers, connecting passengers to destinations across North America.
• In 2006, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport unveiled a new marketing and branding campaign.
• Hopkins International Airport is connected to the Cleveland Rapid Transit system.
• Because of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's relatively low elevation of 791 feet, planes can take off or land at Cleveland Hopkins 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.
• The furthest airport from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,378 miles (18,311 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about El Loa Airport (CJC):

• El Loa Airport handled 315,725 passengers last year.
• Because of El Loa Airport's high elevation of 7,543 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CJC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CJC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from El Loa Airport (CJC) is Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport (WUZ), which is nearly antipodal to El Loa Airport (meaning El Loa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuzhou Changzhoudao Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Wuzhou, Guangxi, China.
• The closest airport to El Loa Airport (CJC) is Carolina Airport (CLN), which is located 89 miles (143 kilometers) W of CJC.
• This airport is located approximately 6 km of the city centre.
• In addition to being known as "El Loa Airport", other names for CJC include "Aeropuerto El Loa" and "El Loa Airdrome".