Nonstop flight route between Guápiles, Costa Rica and Cheong ju, South Korea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Guápiles Airport (GPL), Guápiles, Costa Rica and Cheongju International Airport (CJJ), Cheong ju, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,610 miles (or 13,856 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 Guápiles Airport and Cheongju 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 Guápiles Airport and Cheongju International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | GPL / MRGP |
Airport Name: | Guápiles Airport |
Location: | Guápiles, Costa Rica |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°13'1"N by 83°47'59"W |
Area Served: | Guápiles, Costa Rica |
Operator/Owner: | Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 883 feet (269 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from GPL |
More Information: | GPL Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CJJ / RKTU |
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Location: | Cheong ju, South Korea |
GPS Coordinates: | 36°42'59"N by 127°29'57"E |
Area Served: | Cheongju, Daejeon, & Sejong |
Operator/Owner: | Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 191 feet (58 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from CJJ |
More Information: | CJJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Guápiles Airport (GPL):
- The closest airport to Guápiles Airport (GPL) is Tobías Bolaños International Airport (SYQ), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SW of GPL.
- Guápiles Airport (GPL) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Guápiles Airport's relatively low elevation of 883 feet, planes can take off or land at Guápiles 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 Guápiles Airport (GPL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Guápiles Airport (meaning Guápiles Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,294 miles (19,785 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
Facts about Cheongju International Airport (CJJ):
- The furthest airport from Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Cheongju International Airport (meaning Cheongju International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,243 miles (19,703 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
- Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) is Yecheon Air Base (YEC), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) E of CJJ.
- Because of Cheongju International Airport's relatively low elevation of 191 feet, planes can take off or land at Cheongju 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.
- In addition to being known as "Cheongju International Airport", other names for CJJ include "청주국제공항 淸州國際空港", "Cheongju Gukje Gonghang" and "Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang".
- Cheongju International Airport handled 1,032,484 passengers last year.