Nonstop flight route between Dorado, Puerto Rico and Akron, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dorado Airport (DDP), Dorado, Puerto Rico and Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO), Akron, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,653 miles (or 4,270 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 Dorado Airport and Colorado Plains Regional 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 Dorado Airport and Colorado Plains Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | DDP / |
Airport Name: | Dorado Airport |
Location: | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°27'51"N by 66°17'33"W |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from DDP |
More Information: | DDP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AKO / KAKO |
Airport Name: | Colorado Plains Regional Airport |
Location: | Akron, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°10'32"N by 103°13'18"W |
Operator/Owner: | Town of Akron |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4714 feet (1,437 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AKO |
More Information: | AKO Maps & Info |
Facts about Dorado Airport (DDP):
- The closest airport to Dorado Airport (DDP) is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) E of DDP.
- Dorado Airport (DDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- Much later on, a large airline named Caribair, began flights there.
- The furthest airport from Dorado Airport (DDP) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Dorado Airport (meaning Dorado Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,237 miles (19,694 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- During the early 1980s, Dorado was served by Dorado Wings, a small airline that operated commuter flights between Dorado Airport and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan.
Facts about Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO):
- Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,818 miles (17,410 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Colorado Plains Regional Airport (AKO) is Sidney Municipal Airport (SNY), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) N of AKO.
- Colorado Plains Regional Airport covers an area of 639 acres at an elevation of 4,714 feet above mean sea level.
- Because of Colorado Plains Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,714 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AKO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AKO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.