Nonstop flight route between Pattani, Thailand and Macas, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pattani Airport (PAN), Pattani, Thailand and Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS), Macas, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,123 miles (or 19,510 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 Pattani Airport and Col. Edmundo Carvajal 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 Pattani Airport and Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between PAN and XMS makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Pattani Airport and Col. Edmundo Carvajal 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 PAN and XMS are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Pattani, Thailand and Macas, Ecuador 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 PAN and XMS!

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Facts about Pattani Airport (PAN):

• Because of Pattani Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Pattani 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 furthest airport from Pattani Airport (PAN) is Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), which is nearly antipodal to Pattani Airport (meaning Pattani Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias), and is located 12,402 miles (19,959 kilometers) away in Cajamarca, Peru.
• The closest airport to Pattani Airport (PAN) is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), which is located 53 miles (86 kilometers) W of PAN.

Facts about Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS):

• The furthest airport from Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS) is Melaka International Airport (MKZ), which is nearly antipodal to Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (meaning Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Melaka International Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,973 kilometers) away in Batu Berendam, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS) is Rio Amazonas Airport (PTZ), which is located 55 miles (89 kilometers) N of XMS.
• Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport", another name for XMS is "Aeropuerto "Coronel Edmundo Carvajal"".