Nonstop flight route between Paramaribo, Suriname and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), Paramaribo, Suriname and El Tari Airport (KOE), Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,126 miles (or 19,514 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 Zorg en Hoop Airport and El Tari 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 Zorg en Hoop Airport and El Tari Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between ORG and KOE makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Zorg en Hoop Airport and El Tari Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between ORG and KOE are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Paramaribo, Suriname and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between ORG and KOE!

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Facts about Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG):

• In October 1952, the airport was put into use when Ronald Kappel and Herman van Eyck started a first Surinamese air company.
• The furthest airport from Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Zorg en Hoop Airport (meaning Zorg en Hoop Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,281 miles (19,764 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG) is Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of ORG.
• Because of Zorg en Hoop Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Zorg en Hoop 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.

Facts about El Tari Airport (KOE):

• The furthest airport from El Tari Airport (KOE) is Ogle Airport (OGL), which is nearly antipodal to El Tari Airport (meaning El Tari Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ogle Airport), and is located 12,175 miles (19,593 kilometers) away in Georgetown, Guyana.
• Because of El Tari Airport's relatively low elevation of 335 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tari 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 El Tari Airport (KOE) is Haliwen Airport (ABU), which is located 102 miles (164 kilometers) NE of KOE.
• In addition to being known as "El Tari Airport", another name for KOE is "Bandar Udara El Tari".
• El Tari Airport (KOE) has 2 runways.