Nonstop flight route between Puerto Montt, Chile and Botopasi, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between El Tepual International Airport (PMC), Puerto Montt, Chile and Botopasi Airstrip (BTO), Botopasi, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,345 miles (or 5,383 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 El Tepual International Airport and Botopasi Airstrip, 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 El Tepual International Airport and Botopasi Airstrip. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about El Tepual International Airport (PMC):

• In 2004, the IDC estimated that one million passengers passed through the airport's gates, making it Chile's second busiest.
• The furthest airport from El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to El Tepual International Airport (meaning El Tepual International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,832 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• El Tepual International Airport handled 1,000,000 passengers last year.
• El Tepual airport can only cater to airplanes with the size of a Boeing 707 or smaller.
• The closest airport to El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of PMC.
• Located at the center of Northern Patagonia and near the Archaeological site of Monte Verde.
• In addition to being known as "El Tepual International Airport", another name for PMC is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Tepual".
• LAN Airlines, as Lan Chile is currently known, has kept on operating services regularly at the airport along with more recent startups such as Sky Airline, with a number of charter airlines also flying to El Tepual.
• El Tepual International Airport (PMC) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of El Tepual International Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tepual 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.

Facts about Botopasi Airstrip (BTO):

• The closest airport to Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Laduani Airstrip (LDO), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of BTO.
• In addition to being known as "Botopasi Airstrip", another name for BTO is "SMBO".
• The furthest airport from Botopasi Airstrip (BTO) is Haluoleo Airport (WMA) (KDI), which is nearly antipodal to Botopasi Airstrip (meaning Botopasi Airstrip is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Haluoleo Airport (WMA)), and is located 12,290 miles (19,778 kilometers) away in Kendari, Indonesia.