Nonstop flight route between Pereira, Colombia and Paya Lebar, Singapore:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Matecaña International Airport (PEI), Pereira, Colombia and Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), Paya Lebar, Singapore would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,010 miles (or 19,328 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 Matecaña International Airport and Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB), 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 Matecaña International Airport and Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB). You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between PEI and QPG makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Matecaña International Airport and Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 PEI and QPG are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Pereira, Colombia and Paya Lebar, Singapore 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 PEI and QPG!

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Facts about Matecaña International Airport (PEI):

• The furthest airport from Matecaña International Airport (PEI) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Matecaña International Airport (meaning Matecaña International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,368 miles (19,905 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• Matecaña International Airport handled 646 passengers last year.
• Matecaña International Airport (PEI) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Matecaña International Airport's relatively low elevation of 4 feet, planes can take off or land at Matecaña 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.
• The closest airport to Matecaña International Airport (PEI) is Santa Ana Airport (CRC), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) WSW of PEI.
• In addition to being known as "Matecaña International Airport", another name for PEI is "Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña".

Facts about Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG):

• Because of Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)'s relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) 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 Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (meaning Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,349 miles (19,874 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
• 2008, Squadron personnel and staff of 149 Sqn based at PLAB posing in front of the squadron's F-5S Tiger-IIs after winning the Best RSAF Unit award.
• Most recently, on 14 November 2009, Air Force One carrying President Barack Obama landed at Paya Lebar Air Base, to attend the APEC Singapore 2009 Summit.
• In addition to being known as "Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB)", other names for QPG include "巴耶利峇空军基地" and "Pangkalan Udara Paya Lebar".
• The closest airport to Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) is Seletar Airport (XSP), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NW of QPG.
• The USAF Boeing 747-200 E-4B regularly lands at the base when the U.S.
• Paya Lebar began to be gradually converted into a military air-force base from Late 1967 onwards.
• Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) currently has only 1 runway.