Nonstop flight route between Pensacola, Florida, United States and Yopal, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA), Pensacola, Florida, United States and El Alcaraván Airport (EYP), Yopal, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,984 miles (or 3,192 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 Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field and El Alcaraván Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA):

• Realizing the advantages of the Pensacola harbor and the large timber reserves nearby for shipbuilding, in 1825 President John Quincy Adams and Secretary of the Navy Samuel Southard made arrangements to build a Navy Yard on the southern tip of Escambia County, where the air station is today.
• With the inauguration in 1935 of the cadet training program, activity at Pensacola again expanded.
• The furthest airport from Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,154 miles (17,951 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) has 3 runways.
• Because of Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field 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 1781, as an ally of the American rebels during the American Revolutionary War, the Spanish captured Pensacola.
• NAS Pensacola contains Forrest Sherman Field, home of Training Air Wing SIX, providing undergraduate flight training for all prospective Naval Flight Officers for the U.S.
• Station Field was created on the north side of the navy yard in 1922.
• NAS Pensacola is host to the 479th Flying Training Group of the Air Education and Training Command.
• Forrest Sherman Field was opened in 1954 on the western side of NAS Pensacola.
• The closest airport to Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field (NPA) is NOLF Saufley Field (NUN), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) NNW of NPA.
• In addition to being known as "Naval Air Station PensacolaForrest Sherman Field", another name for NPA is "KNPA - FAA: NPA".
• In 1825, the US designated this area for the Pensacola Navy Yard was designated and Congress appropriated $6,000 for a lighthouse.

Facts about El Alcaraván Airport (EYP):

• The furthest airport from El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) is Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP), which is nearly antipodal to El Alcaraván Airport (meaning El Alcaraván Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport), and is located 12,355 miles (19,883 kilometers) away in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Because of El Alcaraván Airport's relatively low elevation of 1 feet, planes can take off or land at El Alcaraván 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.
• El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "El Alcaraván Airport", another name for EYP is "Aeropuerto El Alcaraván".
• In September 2006, the Camara de Comercio de Casanare asked the Ministry of Transport to make El Alcaravan an international airport, because it has all the facilities that are needed, it would increase the economy of the department, and it would let the flights that come from North America and South America refuel.
• The closest airport to El Alcaraván Airport (EYP) is Aguaclara Airport (ACL), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) SW of EYP.