Nonstop flight route between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Bogotá, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), Santiago de Compostela, Spain and El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,778 miles (or 7,689 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 Santiago de Compostela Airport and El Dorado 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 Santiago de Compostela Airport and El Dorado 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 Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ):

• Santiago de Compostela Airport handled 2,194,611 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Santiago de Compostela Airport", another name for SCQ is "Aeroporto de Santiago de Compostela".
• The terminal is due to be expanded in the near future.
• The Old terminal at Santiago de Compostela airport opened in 1969 and had lots of expansions during its lifetime.
• The furthest airport from Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) is Hokitika Airport (HKK), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago de Compostela Airport (meaning Santiago de Compostela Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hokitika Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Hokitika, New Zealand.
• Additionally, criticism has faced the high cost of constructing a new terminal building, 230 million euros, while the old terminal currently sits shuttered and unused.
• The closest airport to Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) N of SCQ.
• Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1981, a cargo terminal was built, giving the airport capacity to handle cargo flights.

Facts about El Dorado International Airport (BOG):

• In 1981, Avianca undertook the construction of a new exclusive terminal to be called the Puente Aéreo, which was eventually inaugurated by President Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Avianca's original purpose for the terminal was for flights serving Cali, Medellín, Miami and New York.
• JetBlue in the old international pier
• 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.
• El Dorado is the most important airport in Colombia, accounting for 49% of the total air traffic in the country.
• 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.
• In 2003 NVG equipment for night vision air operations was installed in Hercules C-130 and CN-235 Nurtanio airplanes.
• The closest airport to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) WSW of BOG.
• Operations out of the Bogotá hub allow travelers to easily connect between domestic destinations, from a domestic destination to an international destination, from an international destination to a domestic city, between two international destinations and allows for simpler codeshare connections.
• In addition to being known as "El Dorado International Airport", another name for BOG is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado".
• The process began with the creation of the new terminal.
• New construction and renovations are presently underway in the terminal area.
• El Dorado International Airport (BOG) has 2 runways.