Nonstop flight route between Seoul, South Korea and Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gimpo International Airport (SEL), Seoul, South Korea and Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS), Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,065 miles (or 9,760 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 Gimpo International Airport and Steamboat Springs 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 Gimpo International Airport and Steamboat Springs Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Gimpo International Airport (SEL):

• For many years, the airport was served by the Gimpo Line, a railway line that no longer exists.
• In addition to being known as "Gimpo International Airport", other names for SEL include "김포국제공항 金浦國際空港", "Gimpo Gukje Gonghang Kimp'o Kukche Konghang", "GMP" and "RKSS".
• Gimpo International Airport handled 19,424,032 passengers last year.
• On 29 November 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo, Japan began.
• The closest airport to Gimpo International Airport (SEL) is Gimpo International Airport (GMP), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SEL.
• The furthest airport from Gimpo International Airport (SEL) is Villa Gesell Airport (VLG), which is nearly antipodal to Gimpo International Airport (meaning Gimpo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Gesell Airport), and is located 12,226 miles (19,676 kilometers) away in Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Following the Chinese Third Phase Campaign and the defeat of UN Forces at the 38th parallel, on 5 January 1951 General Ridgway ordered the evacuation of Seoul and the withdrawal of UN forces to a new defensive line along the 37th parallel.
• Gimpo International Airport (SEL) has 2 runways.
• Because of Gimpo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimpo 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.
• Engine change on an F-86E in 1952

Facts about Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS):

• The airport covers 436 acres at an elevation of 6,882 feet.
• Because of Steamboat Springs Airport's high elevation of 6,882 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SBS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SBS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• There is no air traffic control tower.
• Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) currently has only 1 runway.
• Larger aircraft land at the Yampa Valley Airport 25 miles west of Steamboat Springs near Hayden, which can handle the Boeing 737 and 757 as well as the Airbus A319 and A320, and has mainline jet flights during ski season and year-round United Express regional jets and turboprops to Denver.
• Steamboat Springs Airport had scheduled passenger flights to Denver on Rocky Mountain Airways 50-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7s.
• The closest airport to Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) is Yampa Valley Airport (HDN), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) W of SBS.
• In addition to being known as "Steamboat Springs Airport", another name for SBS is "Bob Adams Field".
• The furthest airport from Steamboat Springs Airport (SBS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,891 miles (17,527 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The Civil Air Patrol has an office and aircraft at the airport.