Nonstop flight route between Manta, Manabí, Ecuador and Reggio Calabria, Italy:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC), Manta, Manabí, Ecuador and Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG), Reggio Calabria, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,603 miles (or 10,626 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 Eloy Alfaro International Airport and Reggio di Calabria 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 Eloy Alfaro International Airport and Reggio di Calabria Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC):

• The closest airport to Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) is Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO), which is located only 16 miles (25 kilometers) ESE of MEC.
• Because of Eloy Alfaro International Airport's relatively low elevation of 48 feet, planes can take off or land at Eloy Alfaro 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.
• On April 14, 2009 U.S.
• Until July 2009 a portion of the airport was used by the Air Forces Southern Air Force component of the United States Southern Command for operations against illegal cocaine trafficking in northwestern South America.
• Eloy Alfaro International Airport is a combination civilian airport and military air base on the outskirts of Manta in the province of Manabí in western continental Ecuador.
• The furthest airport from Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) is Aek Godang Airport (AEG), which is nearly antipodal to Eloy Alfaro International Airport (meaning Eloy Alfaro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aek Godang Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,963 kilometers) away in Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia.
• Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG):

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• Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) has 2 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Reggio di Calabria Airport", other names for REG include "Aeroporto di Reggio di Calabria", "Aeroporto dello Stretto" and "Aeroporto Tito Minniti".
• The furthest airport from Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,692 miles (18,816 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Reggio di Calabria Airport (REG) is Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) SW of REG.
• Reggio di Calabria Airport handled 562,747 passengers last year.
• Because of Reggio di Calabria Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Reggio di Calabria 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.