Nonstop flight route between Puerto Inírida, Colombia and Alta, Norway:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Obando Airport (PDA), Puerto Inírida, Colombia and Alta Airport (ALF), Alta, Norway would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,998 miles (or 9,654 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 Obando Airport and Alta 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 Obando Airport and Alta Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Obando Airport (PDA):

• The furthest airport from Obando Airport (PDA) is H. Asan Airport (SMQ), which is nearly antipodal to Obando Airport (meaning Obando Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from H. Asan Airport), and is located 12,325 miles (19,835 kilometers) away in Sampit, Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.
• Because of Obando Airport's relatively low elevation of 460 feet, planes can take off or land at Obando 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.
• Obando Airport (PDA) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Obando Airport (PDA) is Cacique Aramare Airport (PYH), which is located 124 miles (199 kilometers) N of PDA.

Facts about Alta Airport (ALF):

• Alta Airport handled 353,051 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Alta Airport (ALF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,502 miles (16,901 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Services were at first operated by Scandinavian Airlines System.
• SAS Commuter was established in 1988 and started operations in Northern Norway in May 1990, making Alta its central hub for Finnmark.
• In addition to being known as "Alta Airport", another name for ALF is "Alta lufthavn".
• Alta Airport (ALF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Avinor decided in February 2007 to build a new passenger terminal and tower for NOK 300 million.
• The closest airport to Alta Airport (ALF) is Lakselv Airport, Banak (LKL), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) E of ALF.
• The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo.
• Because of Alta Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Alta 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.