Nonstop flight route between Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States and Yekaterinburg, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Flying Cloud Airport (FCM), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States and Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Yekaterinburg, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,262 miles (or 8,469 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 Flying Cloud Airport and Koltsovo 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 Flying Cloud Airport and Koltsovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Flying Cloud Airport (FCM):

• The furthest airport from Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,748 miles (17,297 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) has 3 runways.
• The closest airport to Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) is Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Wold–Chamberlain Airport (MSP), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) ENE of FCM.
• Because of Flying Cloud Airport's relatively low elevation of 906 feet, planes can take off or land at Flying Cloud 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.

Facts about Koltsovo Airport (SVX):

• The new international terminal opened in December 2005, and the new domestic terminal in October 2007.
• In addition to being known as "Koltsovo Airport", another name for SVX is "Аэропорт Кольцово".
• Koltsovo Airport handled 4,293,002 passengers last year.
• Koltsovo Airport (SVX) has 2 runways.
• Because of Koltsovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Koltsovo 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.
• June 1, 2009 at the airport put into operation a modern runway length of 3025 meters and a new control tower.
• The closest airport to Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of SVX.
• The furthest airport from Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,557 miles (16,990 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
• July 24, 2012 the airport opened a new commercial complex with a total area of 19 thousand 185 square meters.
• In 2011, the number of passengers the airport for the first time in the preceding 20 years, has exceeded the threshold of three million and amounted to 3.356 million people.