Nonstop flight route between Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Cartago, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Perth Airport (PER), Perth, Western Australia, Australia and Santa Ana Airport (CRC), Cartago, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,406 miles (or 16,747 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 Perth Airport and Santa Ana 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 Perth Airport and Santa Ana 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 Perth Airport (PER):

• The closest airport to Perth Airport (PER) is Jandakot Airport (JAD), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) SSW of PER.
• The domestic and international terminals are located separately, 11 km apart, and connected by a road – Dunreath Drive – an internal road connection within the airport boundaries.
• The two domestic terminals are side by side and about 12 km from the Perth CBD, while the international terminal is 17 km from Perth.
• The move was agreed to by the government of the day, as the larger types of aircraft of the day being operated by the two airlines could simply not be handled at Maylands, notwithstanding the small grass airfield, lack of passenger facilities, and approaches being difficult due to surrounding industrial infrastructure.
• The furthest airport from Perth Airport (PER) is L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA), which is nearly antipodal to Perth Airport (meaning Perth Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from L.F. Wade International Airport), and is located 12,389 miles (19,938 kilometers) away in Ferry Reach (near Hamilton), Bermuda.
• Passenger numbers have trebled in the past 10 years with more than 12.6 million people travelling through the airport in 2012.
• In November 1980, the Federal Transport Minister, Ralph Hunt, announced that a new international terminal would be built in Perth at a cost of A$26 million.
• Upon completion, the terminal was able to process up to five Boeing 747 aircraft per hour and accommodated a peak passenger volume of 6,000 passengers per hour.
• Perth Airport (PER) has 2 runways.
• Because of Perth Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Perth 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.
• It was at this time the airport began to experience the full effects of the jet age.
• In 1960, the current international terminal previously constructed from steel and cladding from Manus Island was dismantled and then re-erected in the suburb of Cannington.
• Perth Airport handled 13,664,394 passengers last year.

Facts about Santa Ana Airport (CRC):

• Santa Ana Airport (CRC) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Santa Ana Airport", another name for CRC is "Aeropuerto Nacional de Santa Ana".
• The furthest airport from Santa Ana Airport (CRC) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to Santa Ana Airport (meaning Santa Ana Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Santa Ana Airport (CRC) is Matecaña International Airport (PEI), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) ENE of CRC.