Nonstop flight route between Manizales, Colombia and Chicago, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between La Nubia Airport (MZL), Manizales, Colombia and Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,650 miles (or 4,265 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 Nubia Airport and Chicago Midway 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 La Nubia Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about La Nubia Airport (MZL):

• The furthest airport from La Nubia Airport (MZL) is Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), which is nearly antipodal to La Nubia Airport (meaning La Nubia Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• La Nubia Airport (MZL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of La Nubia Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at La Nubia 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 La Nubia Airport (MZL) is Matecaña International Airport (PEI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SW of MZL.
• In addition to being known as "La Nubia Airport", another name for MZL is "Aeropuerto La Nubia".

Facts about Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW):

• The closest airport to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) NNW of MDW.
• The furthest airport from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,083 miles (17,836 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• On April 20, 2009, a $2.5 billion deal to privatize the airport via a 99-year lease fell through when the consortium could not put together financing.
• In 1979 Midway Airlines began operations, the first to do so after the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
• Because of Chicago Midway International Airport's relatively low elevation of 620 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago Midway 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.
• In 2002 Midway welcomed the return of international service after a 40-year absence with the opening of the new Federal Inspection Service facility in Concourse A.
• Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) has 5 runways.