Nonstop flight route between Sitia, Crete, Greece and El Banco, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sitia Airport (JSH), Sitia, Crete, Greece and Las Flores Airport (ELB), El Banco, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,360 miles (or 11,844 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 Sitia Airport and Las Flores 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 Sitia Airport and Las Flores Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sitia Airport (JSH):

• Sitia Airport (JSH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Sitia Airport", another name for JSH is "Δημοτικός Αερολιμένας Σητείας".
• Sitia Airport began operations on June 7, 1984, when the first aircraft landed on the facility.
• Besides rental cars, there are taxis available to any destination on Crete.
• The furthest airport from Sitia Airport (JSH) is Rurutu Airport (RUR), which is located 11,540 miles (18,572 kilometers) away in Rurutu, French Polynesia.
• The airport was officially opened 2 days later, on June 9, 1984.
• By car the airport can be reached via the main road along the North coast.
• Because of Sitia Airport's relatively low elevation of 376 feet, planes can take off or land at Sitia 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 Sitia Airport (JSH) is Kasos Island Public Airport (KSJ), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) ENE of JSH.

Facts about Las Flores Airport (ELB):

• The furthest airport from Las Flores Airport (ELB) is Qingdao Liuting International Airport (TAO), which is nearly antipodal to Las Flores Airport (meaning Las Flores Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Qingdao Liuting International Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,963 kilometers) away in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
• The closest airport to Las Flores Airport (ELB) is Tandil Airport (TDL), which is located 80 miles (129 kilometers) S of ELB.
• In addition to being known as "Las Flores Airport", other names for ELB include "Las Flores Airport (Las Flores)", "Aeropuerto Las Flores", "FLO" and "SAEL".
• Las Flores Airport (ELB) has 2 runways.
• Because of Las Flores Airport's relatively low elevation of 38 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Flores 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.