Nonstop flight route between New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and Quibdó, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and El Caraño Airport (UIB), Quibdó, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,899 miles (or 3,056 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and El Caraño Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY):

• Southern Airways began serving New Orleans with Douglas DC-3s in the early 1950s.
• In addition to being known as "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport", another name for MSY is "Moisant Field".
• Capital Airlines was one of the first airlines to operate jets into New Orleans with the Boeing 720.
• The furthest airport from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,125 miles (17,905 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• For years Delta Air Lines carried more passengers into and out of New Orleans than any other airline.
• Another local service airline at New Orleans was Texas International with Douglas DC-9s and Convair 600s mainly to Louisiana and Texas.
• During the administration of Morrison's successor, Vic Schiro, the government sponsored studies of the feasibility of relocating New Orleans International Airport to a new site, contemporaneous with similar efforts that were ultimately successful in Houston and Dallas.
• In February 2008 U.S.
• On July 11, 2001, the airport was renamed after jazz musician Louis Armstrong in honor of the centennial of his birth.
• The closest airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is Lakefront Airport (NEW), which is located only 14 miles (23 kilometers) ENE of MSY.
• At an average of 4.5 feet above sea level, MSY is the 2nd lowest-lying international airport in the world, behind only Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands, which is eleven feet below sea level.
• MSY reopened to commercial flights on September 13, 2005, with four flights operated by Delta Air Lines to Atlanta and a Northwest Airlines flight to Memphis.
• Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) has 2 runways.
• Because of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Louis Armstrong New Orleans 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.

Facts about El Caraño Airport (UIB):

• The furthest airport from El Caraño Airport (UIB) is Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), which is nearly antipodal to El Caraño Airport (meaning El Caraño Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)), and is located 12,308 miles (19,808 kilometers) away in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• El Caraño Airport (UIB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "El Caraño Airport", another name for UIB is "Aeropuerto El Caraño".
• Because of El Caraño Airport's relatively low elevation of 204 feet, planes can take off or land at El Caraño 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 closest airport to El Caraño Airport (UIB) is Reyes Murillo Airport (NQU), which is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) W of UIB.