Nonstop flight route between Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Louisville International Airport (SDF), Louisville, Kentucky, United States and Caucayá Airport (LQM), Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,740 miles (or 4,410 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 Louisville International Airport and Caucayá 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 Louisville International Airport and Caucayá Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Louisville International Airport (SDF):

• In addition to being known as "Louisville International Airport", another name for SDF is "Standiford Field".
• Louisville International Airport handled 3,349,162 passengers last year.
• Louisville International-Standiford Field covers 1,200 acres at an elevation of 501 feet above mean sea level.
• Because of Louisville International Airport's relatively low elevation of 501 feet, planes can take off or land at Louisville 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.
• The furthest airport from Louisville International Airport (SDF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,239 miles (18,088 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Louisville International Airport (SDF) is Bowman Field (LOU), which is located only 5 miles (9 kilometers) NE of SDF.
• The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 45 weekday departures on Eastern Airlines, 19 American, 9 TWA, 4 Piedmont and 2 Ozark.
• Louisville International Airport (SDF) has 3 runways.
• Louisville International Airport is home to the Chautauqua Airlines maintenance complex, capable of holding nine planes, as well as the Compass Airlines main maintenance complex.
• Louisville International Airport is a public and military use public airport centrally located in the city of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky, US.
• In addition to commercial air traffic there is a significant amount of general aviation activity at Louisville International Airport, for business travel and other purposes.

Facts about Caucayá Airport (LQM):

• The closest airport to Caucayá Airport (LQM) is Tres de Mayo Airport (PUU), which is located 129 miles (207 kilometers) WNW of LQM.
• Because of Caucayá Airport's relatively low elevation of 573 feet, planes can take off or land at Caucayá 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 Caucayá Airport (LQM) is Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (TNJ), which is nearly antipodal to Caucayá Airport (meaning Caucayá Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport), and is located 12,367 miles (19,902 kilometers) away in Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
• Caucayá Airport (LQM) currently has only 1 runway.