Nonstop flight route between Sundsvall, Sweden and Medellín, Colombia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL), Sundsvall, Sweden and José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), Medellín, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,932 miles (or 9,546 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 Sundsvall–Timrå Airport and José María Córdova 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 Sundsvall–Timrå Airport and José María Córdova 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 Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL):

• Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Sundsvall–Timrå Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Sundsvall–Timrå 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 Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,028 miles (17,748 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL) is Örnsköldsvik Airport (OER), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NE of SDL.

Facts about José María Córdova International Airport (MDE):

• José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) currently has only 1 runway.
• It was opened in 1985.
• The furthest airport from José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) is Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II) (TKG), which is nearly antipodal to José María Córdova International Airport (meaning José María Córdova International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Radin Inten II Airport (RIA II)), and is located 12,361 miles (19,892 kilometers) away in Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to José María Córdova International Airport (MDE) is Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) WNW of MDE.
• Because of José María Córdova International Airport's high elevation of 7,027 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at MDE. Combined with a high temperature, this could make MDE a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• After several obstacles, the city of Medellín has finally accepted the construction of an unpaved runway about 974 m long.
• Currently in the terminal operates 25 destinations in total divided into 11 international and 12 domestic destinations regularly.
• In addition to being known as "José María Córdova International Airport", another name for MDE is "Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova".
• Since its inauguration in 1985 until 1990, the terminal had heavy passenger and cargo movement, in part because the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, which is located in Medellín, was closed.