Nonstop flight route between Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and San Andres Island, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pulkovo Airport (LED), Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ), San Andres Island, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,200 miles (or 9,978 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 Pulkovo Airport and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla 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 Pulkovo Airport and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Pulkovo Airport (LED):

• Originally it was named Shosseynaya Airport, by the name of a nearby railroad station.
• In addition to being known as "Pulkovo Airport", another name for LED is "Аэропо́рт Пу́лково".
• Pulkovo Airport handled 12,854,366 passengers last year.
• Because of Pulkovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Pulkovo 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.
• Pulkovo Airport (LED) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Rzhevka Airport (RVH), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of LED.
• The furthest airport from Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,868 miles (17,491 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• As of 2013, Pulkovo is the 3rd busiest in Russia after Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.

Facts about Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ):

• In addition to being known as "Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport", another name for ADZ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Gustavo Rojas Pinilla".
• The closest airport to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ) is El Embrujo Airport (PVA), which is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) NNE of ADZ.
• Because of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla 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 furthest airport from Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (meaning Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• On September 19, 2013, American Airlines flight 1204 from San Jose, Costa Rica made an emergency landing at the San Andres Airport after reporting smoke in the cockpit.