Nonstop flight route between Paris-Orly, Paris, France and Siuna, Nicaragua:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Paris Orly Airport (ORY), Paris-Orly, Paris, France and Siuna Airport (SIU), Siuna, Nicaragua would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,381 miles (or 8,660 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 Paris Orly Airport and Siuna 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 Paris Orly Airport and Siuna Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Paris Orly Airport (ORY):

• The closest airport to Paris Orly Airport (ORY) is Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) W of ORY.
• Paris Orly Airport is an international airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, 7 NM south of Paris, France.
• Paris Orly Airport (ORY) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Paris Orly Airport", another name for ORY is "Aéroport de Paris-Orly".
• The American United States Army Air Forces 1408th Army Air Force Base Unit was the primary operator at Orly Field until March 1947 when control was returned to the French Government.
• The furthest airport from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Paris Orly Airport (meaning Paris Orly Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,093 miles (19,461 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Paris Orly Airport handled 28,274,154 passengers last year.
• Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was the main airport of Paris.
• Because of Paris Orly Airport's relatively low elevation of 291 feet, planes can take off or land at Paris Orly 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.
• In May 1958 Pan Am DC-7Cs flew to Los Angeles in 21 hr 56 min.
• Management of the airport, however, is solely under the authority of Aéroports de Paris, which also manages Charles de Gaulle Airport, Le Bourget Airport, and several smaller airports in the suburbs of Paris.

Facts about Siuna Airport (SIU):

• The furthest airport from Siuna Airport (SIU) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Siuna Airport (meaning Siuna Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,286 miles (19,772 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Because of Siuna Airport's relatively low elevation of 480 feet, planes can take off or land at Siuna 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 Siuna Airport (SIU) is Bonanza Airport (BZA), which is located 25 miles (39 kilometers) NNE of SIU.
• Siuna Airport (SIU) currently has only 1 runway.