Nonstop flight route between El Banco, Colombia and Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Las Flores Airport (ELB), El Banco, Colombia and Lombok International Airport (LOP), Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,325 miles (or 15,007 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 Las Flores Airport and Lombok 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 Las Flores Airport and Lombok International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Las Flores Airport (ELB):

• In addition to being known as "Las Flores Airport", other names for ELB include "Las Flores Airport (Las Flores)", "Aeropuerto Las Flores", "FLO" and "SAEL".
• Because of Las Flores Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Flores 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 Las Flores Airport (ELB) is Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO), which is nearly antipodal to Las Flores Airport (meaning Las Flores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Qingdao Liuting International Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,963 kilometers) away in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
• Las Flores Airport (ELB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Las Flores Airport (ELB) is Tandil Airport (TDL), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) S of ELB.

Facts about Lombok International Airport (LOP):

• In addition to being known as "Lombok International Airport", another name for LOP is "Bandar Udara Internasional Lombok".
• Lombok International Airport handled 167,692 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Lombok International Airport (LOP) is San Tomé Airport (SOM), which is nearly antipodal to Lombok International Airport (meaning Lombok International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from San Tomé Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in San Tomé, Venezuela.
• Because of Lombok International Airport's relatively low elevation of 319 feet, planes can take off or land at Lombok 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.
• Lombok International Airport (LOP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Lombok International Airport (LOP) is Selaparang Airport (AMI), which is located only 18 miles (30 kilometers) NW of LOP.
• The IATA code LOP only came into formal use in late November 2011.
• The airport site is at Tanak Awu, in Kabupaten Lombok Tengah, Lombok, Indonesia, south west of Mataram the provincial capital of Nusa Tenggara Barat and a few kilometers south west of the small regional city of Praya.
• The airport has extensive paved parking areas available at the main terminal and smaller facilities for the cargo terminal and administrative areas.
• The construction of this airport was delayed and the opening date re-scheduled several times.