Nonstop flight route between Goba, Ethiopia and Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Robe Airport (GOB), Goba, Ethiopia and City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS), Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,542 miles (or 13,747 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 Robe Airport and City of Colorado Springs Municipal 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 Robe Airport and City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Robe Airport (GOB):

• Because of Robe Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Robe 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 closest airport to Robe Airport (GOB) is Ghinnir Airport (GNN), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) E of GOB.
• The furthest airport from Robe Airport (GOB) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Robe Airport (meaning Robe Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

Facts about City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS):

• The furthest airport from City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,940 miles (17,606 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Since September 2011 the airport terminal has been under renovation, that includes reconstruction of the TSA checkpoint to support full body scanners, expansion of office space behind the ticket counters, and new facilities for automated baggage screening.
• City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS) has 3 runways.
• Because of City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport's high elevation of 6,187 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at COS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make COS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS) is United States Air Force Academy (AFF), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) NNW of COS.