Nonstop flight route between La Pedrera, Colombia and Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Pedrera Airport (LPD), La Pedrera, Colombia and H. Asan Airport (SMQ), Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,119 miles (or 19,503 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 La Pedrera Airport and H. Asan 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 La Pedrera Airport and H. Asan Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between LPD and SMQ makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between La Pedrera Airport and H. Asan Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between LPD and SMQ are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from La Pedrera, Colombia and Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between LPD and SMQ!

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Facts about La Pedrera Airport (LPD):

• La Pedrera Airport (LPD) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to La Pedrera Airport (LPD) is Ipiranga Airport (IPG), which is located 111 miles (179 kilometers) S of LPD.
• The furthest airport from La Pedrera Airport (LPD) is Sematan Airport (BSE), which is nearly antipodal to La Pedrera Airport (meaning La Pedrera Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sematan Airport), and is located 12,380 miles (19,924 kilometers) away in Sematan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• In addition to being known as "La Pedrera Airport", another name for LPD is "Aeropuerto de La Pedrera".

Facts about H. Asan Airport (SMQ):

• The closest airport to H. Asan Airport (SMQ) is Syamsudin Noor International Airport (SNA) (BDJ), which is located 139 miles (224 kilometers) ESE of SMQ.
• In addition to being known as "H. Asan Airport", another name for SMQ is "Bandar Udara H. Asan".
• H. Asan Airport (SMQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from H. Asan Airport (SMQ) is Obando Airport (PDA), which is nearly antipodal to H. Asan Airport (meaning H. Asan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Obando Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,835 kilometers) away in Puerto Inírida, Colombia.
• Because of H. Asan Airport's relatively low elevation of 50 feet, planes can take off or land at H. Asan 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.