Nonstop flight route between Oak Harbor, Washington, United States and Cali, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between NAS Whidbey Island (NUW), Oak Harbor, Washington, United States and Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO), Cali, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,124 miles (or 6,637 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 NAS Whidbey Island and Alfonso Bonilla Aragón 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 NAS Whidbey Island and Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NUW / KNUW |
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Location: | Oak Harbor, Washington, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 48°21'6"N by 122°39'20"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Navy |
Airport Type: | Military: Naval Air Station |
Elevation: | 47 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NUW |
More Information: | NUW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CLO / SKCL |
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Location: | Cali, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 3°32'35"N by 76°22'53"W |
Area Served: | Santiago de Cali |
Operator/Owner: | Aerocali (Cali Aeronautical company) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 3162 feet (964 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CLO |
More Information: | CLO Maps & Info |
Facts about NAS Whidbey Island (NUW):
- In 1958, the Heavy Attack Squadron Six Fleurs, moved from NAS Moffett Field, California, where they had been the Navy's second nuclear attack squadron.
- The furthest airport from NAS Whidbey Island (NUW) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,730 miles (17,268 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- The closest airport to NAS Whidbey Island (NUW) is A.J. Eisenberg Airport (ODW), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) S of NUW.
- Over 50 tenant commands are also located at NAS Whidbey Island, providing training, medical and dental, and other support services, including a Marine Aviation Training Support Group for Whidbey’s staff and student Marine Corps personnel.
- On December 8, three workers started a topographic survey of what would become Ault Field, about four miles to the north.
- In addition to being known as "NAS Whidbey Island", another name for NUW is "Ault Field".
- NAS Whidbey Island (NUW) has 2 runways.
- Because of NAS Whidbey Island's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at NAS Whidbey Island 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 Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO):
- Following the conflict with Peru in 1932, President Enrique Olaya Herrera sought the help of engineers and pilots of SCADTA to find a suitable site to build an airport to support military air operations in the south of the country.
- On 21 April 1921 Ferruccio Guicciardi flew his Italian made Macchi-Hanriot HD-1, named "Telegraph I" from Guayaquil, Ecuador, stopping in Quito and Pasto, Colombia before landing in Cali.
- Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) is Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) WNW of CLO.
- In addition to being known as "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport", another name for CLO is "Aeropuerto Internacional Alfonso Bonilla Aragón".
- The furthest airport from Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) is Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II) (PLM), which is nearly antipodal to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (meaning Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport (SMB II)), and is located 12,350 miles (19,875 kilometers) away in Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
- It should be noted that in 1946, the company VIARCO valle, under the management of Ricardo A.
- The airport name was changed to "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón" in honor of a civic leader and journalist vallecaucano, promoting the construction of the terminal, creating much controversy in the public eye.