Nonstop flight route between Pasto, Colombia and Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO), Pasto, Colombia and London Stansted Airport (STN), Essex (near London), England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,613 miles (or 9,032 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 Antonio Nariño Airport and London Stansted 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 Antonio Nariño Airport and London Stansted Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO):

• In addition to being known as "Antonio Nariño Airport", another name for PSO is "Aeropuerto Antonio Nariño".
• The closest airport to Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO) is San Luis Airport (IPI), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) SW of PSO.
• Because of Antonio Nariño Airport's relatively low elevation of 6 feet, planes can take off or land at Antonio Nariño 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 furthest airport from Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO) is Sultan Thaha Airport (DJB), which is nearly antipodal to Antonio Nariño Airport (meaning Antonio Nariño Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Sultan Thaha Airport), and is located 12,370 miles (19,908 kilometers) away in Jambi, Indonesia.
• Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about London Stansted Airport (STN):

• The furthest airport from London Stansted Airport (STN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,858 miles (19,084 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of London Stansted Airport's relatively low elevation of 348 feet, planes can take off or land at London Stansted 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.
• London Stansted Airport (STN) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to London Stansted Airport (STN) is MDPGA Wethersfield (WXF), which is located only 13 miles (21 kilometers) ENE of STN.
• Long-haul scheduled services commenced in the early 1990s when American Airlines operated a transatlantic service between Stansted and Chicago, however the route was unprofitable and was withdrawn in 1993.Continental Airlines also operated services in the late 1990s from Newark, but this service was stopped shortly after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
• The top international destinations served by Stansted airport are in Ireland, Italy, Poland and Spain.
• London Stansted Airport handled 17,852,393 passengers last year.
• Since 1984 the airport's capacity had been limited to a maximum throughput of 25 million passengers per annum in accordance with recommendations made by the 1984 public inquiry and confirmed by the government of the day.
• In 2008 57 people were arrested after Plane Stupid, the environmental activist group, broke through the barriers and created a 'stockade' on a taxiway which resulted in 52 flights being cancelled.
• From 1997 to 2007 Stansted saw rapid expansion of passenger numbers on the back of the boom in low cost air travel, peaking at 24 million passengers in the 12 months to October 2007, but passenger numbers declined for the subsequent five years to 2012.