Nonstop flight route between Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador and Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE), Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador and Hamburg Airport (HAM), Hamburg / Fuhlsbüttel, Germany would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,333 miles (or 10,192 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 José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport and Hamburg 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 José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport and Hamburg Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE):

• José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport was named "Best Airport in Latin America 2008 & 2009" by BusinessWeek and the second best in 2011.
• The furthest airport from José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) is Aek Godang Airport (AEG), which is nearly antipodal to José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (meaning José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aek Godang Airport), and is located 12,366 miles (19,901 kilometers) away in Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia.
• The airport, which had the newest terminal in Ecuador, was renamed after José Joaquín de Olmedo in 2006, in preparation for the inauguration of the new 50,000 m2 national and international terminal on 27 July 2006.
• José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport", another name for GYE is "Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo".
• Because of José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at José Joaquín de Olmedo 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.
• The closest airport to José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) is General Ulpiano Paez Airport (SNC), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) W of GYE.

Facts about Hamburg Airport (HAM):

• Hamburg Airport handled 13,502,939 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,698 miles (18,826 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In the early 1990s, the airport began an extensive modernization process.
• Hamburg Airport, known in German as Flughafen Hamburg, is the international airport of Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany.
• Hamburg has two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, connected by the Airport Plaza and the baggage claim area that extends through the lower levels of all three buildings.
• The airport was opened in January 1911 from private funding by the Hamburger Luftschiffhallen GmbH, making it the oldest airport in the world which is still in operation.
• Terminal 1 was completed in 2005 and is highly similar to Terminal 2 in terms of design and size.
• Because of Hamburg Airport's relatively low elevation of 53 feet, planes can take off or land at Hamburg 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 "Hamburg Airport", another name for HAM is "Flughafen Hamburg".
• Hamburg Airport (HAM) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Hamburg Airport (HAM) is Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) SW of HAM.
• The airport is also linked by some local bus routes to nearby areas as well as regular coach services to the cities of Kiel, Neumünster and Lübeck.