Nonstop flight route between Barrancabermeja, Colombia and Huntsville / Decatur, Alabama, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yariguíes Airport (EJA), Barrancabermeja, Colombia and Huntsville International Airport (HSV), Huntsville / Decatur, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,079 miles (or 3,345 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 Yariguíes Airport and Huntsville International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Yariguíes Airport (EJA):

• The furthest airport from Yariguíes Airport (EJA) is Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK), which is nearly antipodal to Yariguíes Airport (meaning Yariguíes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,903 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Because of Yariguíes Airport's relatively low elevation of 412 feet, planes can take off or land at Yariguíes 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.
• In addition to being known as "Yariguíes Airport", another name for EJA is "Aeropuerto Yariguíes".
• Yariguíes Airport (EJA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Yariguíes Airport (EJA) is Palonegro International Airport (BGA), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) E of EJA.

Facts about Huntsville International Airport (HSV):

• This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 612,690 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 572,767 in 2009 and 606,127 in 2010.
• The closest airport to Huntsville International Airport (HSV) is Redstone Army Airfield (AAF) (HUA), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) ENE of HSV.
• Service to Atlanta hit a high point in early 1985 when 17 nonstops a day flew HSV to ATL on four airlines, three flying "main line" jets on the route.
• In November 1967 Eastern scheduled nine departures each weekday from the then new airport while United had four and Southern operated 17.
• Because of Huntsville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 629 feet, planes can take off or land at Huntsville 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 Huntsville International Airport (HSV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,189 miles (18,008 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Currently only American Airlines and Delta Air Lines operate main line jets into the airport.
• Huntsville International Airport covers 6,000 acres at an elevation of 629 feet above mean sea level.
• In addition to being known as "Huntsville International Airport", another name for HSV is "Carl T. Jones Field".
• The airport is a part of the Port of Huntsville, and serves the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
• Huntsville International Airport (HSV) has 2 runways.