Nonstop flight route between New York City, New York, United States and Cochabamba, Bolivia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, New York, United States and Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB), Cochabamba, Bolivia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,051 miles (or 6,520 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 LaGuardia Airport and Jorge Wilstermann 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 LaGuardia Airport and Jorge Wilstermann 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: | LGA / KLGA |
| Airport Name: | LaGuardia Airport |
| Location: | New York City, New York, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°46'38"N by 73°52'21"W |
| Area Served: | New York City |
| Operator/Owner: | City of New York |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 21 feet (6 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LGA |
| More Information: | LGA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CBB / SLCB |
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| Location: | Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 17°25'14"S by 66°10'36"W |
| Area Served: | Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Operator/Owner: | abertis airports |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 8360 feet (2,548 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CBB |
| More Information: | CBB Maps & Info |
Facts about LaGuardia Airport (LGA):
- Because of LaGuardia Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at LaGuardia 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 airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939, as the New York Municipal Airport and opened for business on December 2 of that year.
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has 2 runways.
- LaGuardia's traffic continued to grow.
- LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other, the longest being 6,000 ft.
- The Marine Air Terminal was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights.
- Terminal D, opened on June 19, 1983, at a cost of approximately $90 million and designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates Architects.
- The closest airport to LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Flushing Airport (closed 1984) (FLU), which is located only 2 miles (3 kilometers) E of LGA.
- The furthest airport from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,754 miles (18,917 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- LaGuardia is the busiest airport in the United States without any non-stop service to Europe.
Facts about Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB):
- In addition to being known as "Jorge Wilstermann International Airport", another name for CBB is "Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann".
- Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB) has 2 runways.
- Jorge Wilstermann International Airport handled 670,898 passengers last year.
- The closest airport to Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB) is Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE), which is located 124 miles (200 kilometers) SSE of CBB.
- The furthest airport from Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (CBB) is Haikou Meilan International Airport (HAK), which is nearly antipodal to Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (meaning Jorge Wilstermann International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haikou Meilan International Airport), and is located 12,156 miles (19,564 kilometers) away in Haikou, Hainan, China.
- Because of Jorge Wilstermann International Airport's high elevation of 8,360 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at CBB. Combined with a high temperature, this could make CBB a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- On 1 March 1997 the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25 year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
