Nonstop flight route between Rochester, New York, United States and Bucaramanga, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), Rochester, New York, United States and Palonegro International Airport (BGA), Bucaramanga, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,502 miles (or 4,026 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 Greater Rochester International Airport and Palonegro International 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 Greater Rochester International Airport and Palonegro International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC):

• In 2008 the airport completed two service roads around the end of Runway 28, near Interstate 390, in tunnels.
• The large new low-fare carrier Peoplexpress Airlines arrived at the airport in 1985.
• Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) has 3 runways.
• In 1988 Monroe County approved a $109 million plan to replace the terminal with an entirely new two-level facility with a second-level approach road and parking garage.
• The closest airport to Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) is Dansville Municipal Airport (DSV), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) S of ROC.
• In 2006, Monroe County consolidated the separate security checkpoints at each concourse, to one central security checkpoint.
• Greater Rochester International Airport handled 2,533,834 passengers last year.
• Because of Greater Rochester International Airport's relatively low elevation of 559 feet, planes can take off or land at Greater Rochester 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.
• In 2008 renovations were undertaken to replace floors, carpets, and seating in the concourses, move explosives-scanning equipment from the ticketing lobby to the outbound baggage room, and replace 't' shaped baggage claim carousels with 360-degree walk-around carousels which receive luggage from belts through the ceiling.
• The furthest airport from Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,501 miles (18,509 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Jet service began ROC in 1965 on American Airlines Boeing 727s, but the two longest runways, 10–28 and 1–19 were short for jets.

Facts about Palonegro International Airport (BGA):

• For the year 2007 was ranked among the seven airports in Colombia, and for this reason the Civil Aviation decided to invest in expanding and building a new boarding area national and international.
• 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.
• Palonegro International Airport (BGA) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• The Control Tower has a height of 34 metres equivalent to 10 floors, where one can see widely the length of the track in its entirety and platforms for parking of passenger and cargo aircraft.
• In addition to being known as "Palonegro International Airport", another name for BGA is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Palonegro".