Nonstop flight route between Niamey, Niger and Barranquilla, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM), Niamey, Niger and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ), Barranquilla, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,179 miles (or 8,334 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 Diori Hamani International Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz 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 Diori Hamani International Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM):

• Because of Diori Hamani International Airport's relatively low elevation of 732 feet, planes can take off or land at Diori Hamani 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.
• The closest airport to Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) is Kantchari Airport (XKA), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) SSW of NIM.
• The furthest airport from Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) is Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport (FUT), which is nearly antipodal to Diori Hamani International Airport (meaning Diori Hamani International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Aéroport de Futuna - Pointe-Vele Pointe Vele Airport), and is located 12,377 miles (19,919 kilometers) away in Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Islands.
• Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM) has 2 runways.
• ASECNA operates the "African School for Meteorology and Civil Aviation/Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile" at the Niamey airport complex, as well as in the Plateau quarter of Niamey city centre.
• Diori Hamani International Airport handled 154,460 passengers last year.

Facts about Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ):

• In the international area are the gates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, each with a waiting area for passengers.
• The closest airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) ENE of BAQ.
• Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (meaning Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
• The airport is located in the municipality of Soledad, just 12 km from the center of Barranquilla.
• Finally on the afternoon of April 7, 1981, Julio Cesar Turbay, president of the Republic and Alvaro Uribe Velez, Chief of the Aeronáutica Civil dedicated Barranquilla's new international airport Ernesto Cortissoz.
• In addition to being known as "Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport", another name for BAQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz".
• At the beginning of commercial aviation in Colombia, airport construction was in charge of each airline purporting to serve a particular city.
• Because of Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at Ernesto Cortissoz 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.