Nonstop flight route between Girardot, Colombia and Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), Girardot, Colombia and Lübeck Airport (LBC), Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,797 miles (or 9,330 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 Santiago Vila Airport and Lübeck 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 Santiago Vila Airport and Lübeck Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GIR / SKGI |
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Location: | Girardot, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 4°16'33"N by 74°47'48"W |
Area Served: | Girardot, Colombia |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 900 feet (274 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GIR |
More Information: | GIR Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LBC / EDHL |
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Location: | Lübeck (near Hamburg), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
GPS Coordinates: | 53°48'19"N by 10°43'9"E |
Area Served: | Lübeck, Germany |
Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Lübeck GmbH |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 53 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LBC |
More Information: | LBC Maps & Info |
Facts about Santiago Vila Airport (GIR):
- The closest airport to Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) is Perales Airport (IBE), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) WNW of GIR.
- In addition to being known as "Santiago Vila Airport", another name for GIR is "Aeropuerto Santiago Vila".
- Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Santiago Vila Airport's relatively low elevation of 900 feet, planes can take off or land at Santiago Vila 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 Santiago Vila Airport (GIR) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago Vila Airport (meaning Santiago Vila Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,413 miles (19,977 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
Facts about Lübeck Airport (LBC):
- Because of Lübeck Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Lübeck 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.
- Lübeck Airport handled 537,835 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Hamburg Airport (HAM), which is located 32 miles (52 kilometers) WSW of LBC.
- The furthest airport from Lübeck Airport (LBC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,674 miles (18,787 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In June 2014 Ryanair announced to leave Lübeck Airport as of October 2014 due to the airport's uncertain future.
- Lübeck Airport (LBC) currently has only 1 runway.
- Infratil, an infrastructure investment company from New Zealand held a 90% shareholding from November 2005 until the end of October 2009 when it sold its shares back to the City of Lübeck.
- Lübeck Airport is a minor international airport in Germany located 8 km south of Lübeck, the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, and 54 km northeast of Hamburg.
- In addition to being known as "Lübeck Airport", another name for LBC is "Flughafen Lübeck".