Nonstop flight route between Chicago, Illinois, United States and Yekaterinburg, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, United States and Koltsovo Airport (SVX), Yekaterinburg, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,377 miles (or 8,654 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 Koltsovo 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 Koltsovo 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):

• Chicago O'Hare International Airport, also known as O'Hare Airport, O'Hare Field, Chicago International Airport, or simply O'Hare, is a major airport located in the northwestern-most corner of Chicago, Illinois, 17 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop.
• The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of O'Hare Air Reserve Station as proposed by the municipal government of the City of Chicago and the transfer of both the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing and its KC-135 aircraft, and the Air Force Reserve Command's 928th Airlift Wing and its C-130 aircraft to new facilities to be constructed at Scott AFB, Illinois.
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) has 8 runways.
• 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.
• During this era international flights used Terminal 1.
• 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.
• Until 2005, O'Hare was the world's busiest airport in number of takeoffs and landings.
• 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.
• Growth was slow at first.
• By the early 1950s, Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago's primary airport since 1931, had become too crowded despite multiple expansions and could not handle the planned first generation of jets.
• All fixed-wing scheduled airline service in Chicago moved from Midway to O'Hare by July 1962.

Facts about Koltsovo Airport (SVX):

• The airport was opened in 1928 as a military airbase and became a civilian airport on July 10, 1943.
• In 2011, the number of passengers the airport for the first time in the preceding 20 years, has exceeded the threshold of three million and amounted to 3.356 million people.
• Koltsovo Airport (SVX) has 2 runways.
• Koltsovo Airport handled 4,293,002 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Koltsovo Airport", another name for SVX is "Аэропорт Кольцово".
• The furthest airport from Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Teniente Julio Gallardo Airfield (PNT), which is located 10,557 miles (16,990 kilometers) away in Puerto Natales, Chile.
• In 2007, the services of "Koltsovo" benefited 2.35 million passengers.
• Because of Koltsovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 764 feet, planes can take off or land at Koltsovo 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 Koltsovo Airport (SVX) is Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK), which is located 103 miles (166 kilometers) SSE of SVX.