Nonstop flight route between Cuenca, Ecuador and Kansas City, Missouri, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE), Cuenca, Ecuador and Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Kansas City, Missouri, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,082 miles (or 4,959 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 Mariscal Lamar International Airport and Kansas City 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 Mariscal Lamar International Airport and Kansas City International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CUE / SECU |
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| Location: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°53'21"S by 78°59'3"W |
| Area Served: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
| Operator/Owner: | Corporación Aeroportuaria de Cuenca |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 8306 feet (2,532 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CUE |
| More Information: | CUE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | MCI / KMCI |
| Airport Name: | Kansas City International Airport |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 39°17'50"N by 94°42'50"W |
| Area Served: | Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1026 feet (313 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MCI |
| More Information: | MCI Maps & Info |
Facts about Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE):
- The closest airport to Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) is Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), which is located 72 miles (116 kilometers) NE of CUE.
- In addition to being known as "Mariscal Lamar International Airport", another name for CUE is "Aeropuerto Mariscal Lamar".
- Because of Mariscal Lamar International Airport's high elevation of 8,306 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CUE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CUE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) is Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), which is nearly antipodal to Mariscal Lamar International Airport (meaning Mariscal Lamar International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,950 kilometers) away in Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia.
- Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Kansas City International Airport (MCI):
- Kansas City International Airport is a public airport 15 miles northwest of downtown Kansas City, in Platte County, Missouri.
- In 2006 the airport began offering free Wi-Fi.
- Kansas City and the airlines have opted against any "people movers" connecting the three rings.
- The closest airport to Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Sherman Army AirfieldSherman Air Force Base (FLV), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of MCI.
- The furthest airport from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,750 miles (17,301 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Kansas City International Airport (MCI) has 3 runways.
- TWA's Kansas City Overhaul Base at its peak in the 1960s and 1970s was Kansas City's largest employer, with 6,000 employees.
- In 1966, voters in a 24:1 margin approved a $150 million bond issue following a campaign by Mayor Ilus W.
- Kansas City International Airport handled 10,148,524 passengers last year.
