Nonstop flight route between Medellín, Colombia and Punta Caucedo (near Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Medellín, Colombia and Las Américas International Airport (SDQ), Punta Caucedo (near Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 932 miles (or 1,500 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 relatively short distance between José María Córdova International Airport and Las Américas International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about José María Córdova International Airport (MDE):

• The airport serves all major international and domestic routes in contrast to Olaya Herrera Airport which serves the Medellín area with regional flights and airlines.
• The closest airport to José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) is Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of MDE.
• In José María Córdova Airport anticipates the modernisation plan that includes various infrastructure projects, that will make this an airport terminal very attractive for tourists as for airlines.
• Because of José María Córdova International Airport's high elevation of 7,027 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MDE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MDE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The furthest airport from José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) is Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), which is nearly antipodal to José María Córdova International Airport (meaning José María Córdova International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) currently has only 1 runway.
• After several obstacles, the city of Medellín has finally accepted the construction of an unpaved runway about 974 m long.
• In addition to being known as "José María Córdova International Airport", another name for MDE is "Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova".
• Since its inauguration in 1985 until 1990, the terminal had heavy passenger and cargo movement, in part because the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, which is located in Medellín, was closed.

Facts about Las Américas International Airport (SDQ):

• The furthest airport from Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Las Américas International Airport (meaning Las Américas International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,078 miles (19,438 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
• ^2 Aserca Airlines is currently not permitted to operate its owns flights to the Dominican Republic.
• Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 that was flying to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed, killing all 102 persons on board.
• Because of Las Américas International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Américas 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.
• Las Américas' runway direction is 17/35.
• The airport is the second busiest in the country, after Punta Cana International Airport, and one of the largest in the Caribbean, handling 3.1 million passengers in 2012 through its air terminal.
• The closest airport to Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) is Herrera International Airport (HEX), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) W of SDQ.
• Las Américas Airport opened in 1959 as the official airport of Santo Domingo.
• In addition to being known as "Las Américas International Airport", another name for SDQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas".
• Las Américas International Airport handled 3,136,522 passengers last year.
• Las Américas has seven gates on the main satellite concourse, A1 through A6, which have a shared use and in the same concourse there is an American Eagle gate, A7.