Nonstop flight route between Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between East Midlands Airport (EMA), Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom and Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA), Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,477 miles (or 8,814 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 East Midlands Airport and Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes 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 East Midlands Airport and Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about East Midlands Airport (EMA):

• EMA replaced the smaller pre-war grass airfield at Derby Burnaston, and the base's light aircraft later moved to a new site at Derby Egginton Airfield near Hilton.
• East Midlands Airport is an airport in the East Midlands of England, located at Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire.
• A major development towards the long-haul programme came in 2005 with the introduction of holiday flights to the Dominican Republic, Orlando, and Cancún by First Choice Airways.
• The furthest airport from East Midlands Airport (EMA) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to East Midlands Airport (EMA) is RAF Cottesmore (OKH), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) ESE of EMA.
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Ryanair has also expanded its East Midlands base with a series of new routes and frequency increases on existing routes.
• Because of East Midlands Airport's relatively low elevation of 306 feet, planes can take off or land at East Midlands 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.
• East Midlands Airport handled 4,334,117 passengers last year.
• DHL Aviation opened a new £35m cargo facility on site in 2000, and in the same year a business park was constructed next to the airport.
• Expansion was swift, with a further runway extension to 2,283 m and terminal upgrade in the late 1970s.
• By 2006, annual passengers had reached 4.72 million, twelfth highest in the UK.

Facts about Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA):

• The passenger terminal has all the necessary infrastructure for passenger service, including check-in capacity for several airlines, nine stores, two restaurants, two departure lounges with capacity for 228 passengers, landing room with their respective luggage belts, six bathrooms, X-ray scanner, metal detectors, air conditioning, speakers, cargo hold, chapel, administrative offices and facilities for law enforcement, health services with permanent ambulance and car parking.
• The closest airport to Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA) is Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ), which is located 83 miles (134 kilometers) WSW of FLA.
• Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport's relatively low elevation of 803 feet, planes can take off or land at Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes 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 Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA) is Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), which is nearly antipodal to Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (meaning Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Thaha Airport), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Jambi, Indonesia.
• In addition to being known as "Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport", another name for FLA is "Aeropuerto Nacional Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes".