Nonstop flight route between Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Corozal, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK), Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom and Las Brujas Airport (CZU), Corozal, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,935 miles (or 7,943 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Las Brujas 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 Glasgow-Prestwick Airport and Las Brujas Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIK / EGPK |
| Airport Name: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
| Location: | Prestwick (near Glasgow), Scotland, United Kingdom |
| GPS Coordinates: | 55°30'33"N by 4°35'39"W |
| Area Served: | Glasgow, Prestwick, Strathclyde, Scotland |
| Operator/Owner: | Scottish Government |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 65 feet (20 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PIK |
| More Information: | PIK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | CZU / SKCZ |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Corozal, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'58"N by 75°17'8"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Aerocivil |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 528 feet (161 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from CZU |
| More Information: | CZU Maps & Info |
Facts about Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK):
- The closest airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Glasgow International Airport (GLA), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) NNE of PIK.
- Today, part of the Prestwick site is occupied by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm with RNAS Prestwick, where a detachment of 3 Sea Kings provide a search and rescue role, covering one of the largest SAR areas of the UK including Ben Nevis, the Lakes, Northern Ireland and 200 NM past the Irish coast.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,764 miles (18,932 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
- Since 2007 the airport has occasionally been used by BBC motoring TV show Top Gear as the location for various stunts and experiments.
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport is considered to be the only piece of United Kingdom territory on which Elvis Presley ever set foot, when the United States Army transport plane carrying him home stopped to refuel in 1960, en route from Germany.
- Glasgow-Prestwick Airport handled 1,145,836 passengers last year.
- Because of Glasgow-Prestwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 65 feet, planes can take off or land at Glasgow-Prestwick 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.
Facts about Las Brujas Airport (CZU):
- Las Brujas Airport (CZU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The department offers several tourist sites, especially the coastal strip Morrosquillo Gulf, known for its calm waters and white sand beaches.
- The closest airport to Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Los Garzones Airport (MTR), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) SW of CZU.
- The furthest airport from Las Brujas Airport (CZU) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Las Brujas Airport (meaning Las Brujas Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,335 miles (19,851 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- In addition to being known as "Las Brujas Airport", another name for CZU is "Aeropuerto Las Brujas".
- Because of Las Brujas Airport's relatively low elevation of 528 feet, planes can take off or land at Las Brujas 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.
