Nonstop flight route between Birch Creek, Alaska, United States and Quito, Ecuador:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Birch Creek Airport (KBC), Birch Creek, Alaska, United States and Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), Quito, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,613 miles (or 9,033 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 Birch Creek Airport and Mariscal Sucre 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 Birch Creek Airport and Mariscal Sucre 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: | KBC / | 
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| Location: | Birch Creek, Alaska, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 66°16'26"N by 145°49'27"W | 
| Area Served: | Birch Creek, Alaska | 
| Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 450 feet (137 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KBC | 
| More Information: | KBC Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | UIO / SEQM | 
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| Location: | Quito, Ecuador | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 0°6'47"S by 78°21'30"W | 
| Area Served: | Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador | 
| Operator/Owner: | Quiport, CORPAQ | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 7874 feet (2,400 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from UIO | 
| More Information: | UIO Maps & Info | 
Facts about Birch Creek Airport (KBC):
- The furthest airport from Birch Creek Airport (KBC) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,178 miles (16,381 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
 - Birch Creek Airport (KBC) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Birch Creek Airport (KBC) is Fort Yukon Airport (FYU), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NE of KBC.
 - In addition to being known as "Birch Creek Airport", another name for KBC is "Z91".
 - Because of Birch Creek Airport's relatively low elevation of 450 feet, planes can take off or land at Birch Creek 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.
 
Facts about Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO):
- Because of Mariscal Sucre International Airport's high elevation of 7,874 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at UIO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make UIO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
 - The furthest airport from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) is Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU), which is nearly antipodal to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (meaning Mariscal Sucre International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,971 kilometers) away in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia.
 - Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The closest airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) is Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SSW of UIO.
 - In addition to being known as "Mariscal Sucre International Airport", another name for UIO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre".
 
