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

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, United States and Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP), Mitú, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,020 miles (or 4,861 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 Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Fabio Alberto León Bentley 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 Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD):

• Commercial passenger flights started in 1955 and by the following year O'Hare was served by American, BOAC, Braniff, Capital, Delta, Eastern, North Central, Pan Am, TWA and United, along with freight airlines Riddle and Slick.
• The furthest airport from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,071 miles (17,817 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) has 8 runways.
• Due to the construction of Terminal 1 for United, international flights were relocated to a temporary Terminal 4 from 1984 until 1993.
• Terminal 1 houses all United Airlines domestic flights as well as international departures, and also departures for a select number of Star Alliance partners, including Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways.
• Because of Chicago O'Hare International Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago O'Hare 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.
• Ground was broken for the main terminal complex April 1, 1959.
• The airport was constructed in 1942–43 as a manufacturing plant for Douglas C-54s during World War II.
• The closest airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) N of ORD.
• Delta moved from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 in 2009 in order to align its operations with merger partner Northwest Airlines.
• American Airlines, United Airlines and Trans World Airlines had many routes to the West Coast, Northeast and Midwest.

Facts about Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP):

• In addition to being known as "Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport", another name for MVP is "Aeropuerto Fabio Alberto León Bentley".
• Because of Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport's relatively low elevation of 680 feet, planes can take off or land at Fabio Alberto León Bentley 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.
• Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP) is La Pedrera Airport (LPD), which is located 184 miles (296 kilometers) SSE of MVP.
• The furthest airport from Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP) is Rahadi Usman Airport (KTG), which is nearly antipodal to Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (meaning Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Rahadi Usman Airport), and is located 12,396 miles (19,949 kilometers) away in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.