Nonstop flight route between Rockwood, Tennessee, United States and Bogotá, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW), Rockwood, Tennessee, United States and El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,259 miles (or 3,636 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 Rockwood Municipal Airport and El Dorado International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RKW / KRKW |
| Airport Name: | Rockwood Municipal Airport |
| Location: | Rockwood, Tennessee, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°55'19"N by 84°41'22"W |
| Area Served: | Rockwood, Tennessee |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Rockwood |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 1664 feet (507 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from RKW |
| More Information: | RKW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOG / SKBO |
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| Location: | Bogotá, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°42'5"N by 74°8'48"W |
| Operator/Owner: | OPAIN S.A. |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 8361 feet (2,548 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOG |
| More Information: | BOG Maps & Info |
Facts about Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW):
- Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW) is McMinn County Airport (MMI), which is located 37 miles (59 kilometers) S of RKW.
- The furthest airport from Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,309 miles (18,200 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about El Dorado International Airport (BOG):
- On 3 September 1932 it was launched the first Military Transport Service in Colombia, when a Junkers F-13 carried Colonel Luis Acevedo and his party to Leticia.
- In 1996 the base opened new ground accesses through an area devoted to the Military Transport Aviation Command.
- In addition to being known as "El Dorado International Airport", another name for BOG is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado".
- Due to the high demand for passengers, it has now become apparent to build a new, more modern airport with much more capacity for both commercial and cargo flights.
- The furthest airport from El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to El Dorado International Airport (meaning El Dorado International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
- El Dorado International Airport (BOG) has 2 runways.
- El Dorado Passenger Terminal was designed during the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
- North Jetty of the new terminal
- The closest airport to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) WSW of BOG.
- Because of El Dorado International Airport's high elevation of 8,361 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- On 10 December 1998, Avianca officially opened its hub in Bogotá, offering an estimated 6,000 possible connections per week, including greater numbers of frequencies, schedules and destinations served.
