Nonstop flight route between Dorado, Puerto Rico and Latacunga, Ecuador:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dorado Airport (DDP), Dorado, Puerto Rico and Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX), Latacunga, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,579 miles (or 2,541 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 relatively short distance between Dorado Airport and Cotopaxi International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | LTX / |
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| Location: | Latacunga, Ecuador |
| GPS Coordinates: | 0°54'24"S by 78°36'56"W |
| Area Served: | Latacunga, Ecuador |
| Operator/Owner: | Ecuadorian Air Force |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 9205 feet (2,806 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LTX |
| More Information: | LTX Maps & Info |
Facts about Dorado Airport (DDP):
- 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.
- Clara Livingston, at the time owner of the property, ordered the strip to be built, and her friend, Amelia Earhart, may have used the facility as well.
- Dorado Airport (DDP) currently has only 1 runway.
- 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.
- In the early 1990s, the airport was officially closed.
- 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.
Facts about Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX):
- Because of Cotopaxi International Airport's high elevation of 9,205 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LTX. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LTX a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX) is Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU), which is nearly antipodal to Cotopaxi International Airport (meaning Cotopaxi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport), and is located 12,406 miles (19,965 kilometers) away in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX) is Chachoan Airport (ATF), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) S of LTX.
- In addition to being known as "Cotopaxi International Airport", other names for LTX include "Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi" and "SELT".
- Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX) currently has only 1 runway.
