Nonstop flight route between Guatemala, Cuba and Bucaramanga, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Preston Airport (PST), Guatemala, Cuba and Palonegro International Airport (BGA), Bucaramanga, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 955 miles (or 1,536 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 relatively short distance between Preston Airport and Palonegro International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PST / |
| Airport Name: | Preston Airport |
| Location: | Guatemala, Cuba |
| GPS Coordinates: | 20°44'3"N by 75°39'25"W |
| Area Served: | Guatemala, Holguín Province, Cuba |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PST |
| More Information: | PST Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BGA / SKBG |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 7°7'35"N by 73°11'4"W |
| Area Served: | Bucaramanga |
| Operator/Owner: | Aerocivil |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 3897 feet (1,188 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BGA |
| More Information: | BGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Preston Airport (PST):
- The closest airport to Preston Airport (PST) is Nicaro Airport (ICR), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) ESE of PST.
- Preston Airport (PST) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Preston Airport (PST) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,802 miles (18,993 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- Because of Preston Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Preston 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 Palonegro International Airport (BGA):
- The airport receives flights from major cities in Colombia as well as international flights from Panama City.
- The airport was built over the mountains surrounding the Bucaramanga plateau.
- The furthest airport from Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA) (BDO), which is nearly antipodal to Palonegro International Airport (meaning Palonegro International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (HSA)), and is located 12,382 miles (19,927 kilometers) away in Bandung, Indonesia.
- Palonegro International Airport (BGA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Palonegro International Airport (BGA) is Yariguíes Airport (EJA), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) W of BGA.
- Palonegro The site was the historic setting of political strife and the battle of the same name, which took place on 25 May 1900, during the War of the Thousand Days.
- In addition to being known as "Palonegro International Airport", another name for BGA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro".
- That is why it was necessary to move at least 14 million cubic metres of earth in successful operation and a great engineering work that began in 1969.
- Furthermore, additional works including drainage systems, acquisition and operation of track lighting systems, control lights, rotating beacon, navigation aids visual and nonvisual water supply network, electricity and telephone equipment.
