Nonstop flight route between Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea and Cortez, Colorado, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE), Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea and Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ), Cortez, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,792 miles (or 10,930 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 Kieta/Aropa Airport and Cortez 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 Kieta/Aropa Airport and Cortez Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KIE / AYKT |
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Location: | Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°18'11"S by 155°43'23"E |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from KIE |
More Information: | KIE Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CEZ / KCEZ |
Airport Name: | Cortez Municipal Airport |
Location: | Cortez, Colorado, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 37°18'11"N by 108°37'41"W |
Area Served: | Cortez, Colorado |
Operator/Owner: | City of Cortez |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5918 feet (1,804 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CEZ |
More Information: | CEZ Maps & Info |
Facts about Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE):
- Because of Kieta/Aropa Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Kieta/Aropa 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 Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) is Balalae Airport (BAS), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) SSE of KIE.
- After World War II the airport became one of Bougainville's main airports.
- Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Kieta/Aropa Airport", another name for KIE is "AYIQ".
- The furthest airport from Kieta/Aropa Airport (KIE) is São Filipe Airport (SFL), which is located 11,844 miles (19,061 kilometers) away in Fogo, Cape Verde.
- The airport was partially destroyed during the Bougainville Crisis of the 1990s and has been closed since then.
Facts about Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ):
- Because of Cortez Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,918 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CEZ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CEZ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,132 miles (17,915 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The closest airport to Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is Animas Air Park (AMK), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) E of CEZ.
- Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) currently has only 1 runway.
- A Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made an emergency nighttime forced landing August 3, 1959, at the Cortez Municipal Airport.