Nonstop flight route between Dresden, Germany and Yopal, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Dresden Airport (DRS), Dresden, Germany and El Alcaraván Airport (EYP), Yopal, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,766 miles (or 9,279 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 Dresden Airport and El Alcaraván 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 Dresden Airport and El Alcaraván Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Dresden Airport (DRS):

• After German reunification, the airport was expanded and flights to western European capitals were added.
• In addition to being known as "Dresden Airport", another name for DRS is "Flughafen Dresden".
• Though planned as a commercial airport, its importance to the military increased dramatically during the following years in the Third Reich.
• In 2008, 1,860,364 passengers passed through the airport, an increase of 0.3% over the previous year and a record for the airport.
• The closest airport to Dresden Airport (DRS) is Leipzig–Altenburg Airport (AOC), which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) W of DRS.
• Because of Dresden Airport's relatively low elevation of 754 feet, planes can take off or land at Dresden 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 Dresden Airport (DRS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,742 miles (18,897 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Dresden Airport is situated some 9 km north of the centre of Dresden.
• Dresden Airport (DRS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is served by an adjacent junction on the A4 Autobahn, which by-passes central Dresden on its route from Aachen, on the Dutch border, to Görlitz, on the Polish border.

Facts about El Alcaraván Airport (EYP):

• The furthest airport from El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) is Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP), which is nearly antipodal to El Alcaraván Airport (meaning El Alcaraván Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,883 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Because of El Alcaraván Airport's relatively low elevation of 1 feet, planes can take off or land at El Alcaraván 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.
• El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) is Aguaclara Airport (ACL), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SW of EYP.
• In addition to being known as "El Alcaraván Airport", another name for EYP is "Aeropuerto El Alcaraván".
• In 1965 started the first commercial flights in Yopal when Aerotaxi Casanare S.A.
• In 1996, Ecopetrol, British Petroleum, and others companies were into the petroleum that the department has and decided to invest 6100 millions of pesos for improving the runway and offices with the goal of adapting the airport for letting the Antonov 124 could land on with all the tons of material that those companies needed.
• El Alcaraván Airport also known as El Alcaraván is an airport in Yopal, Casanare, it is located in 20 de Julio neighborhood.