Nonstop flight route between San José del Guaviare, Colombia and Chicago, Illinois, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE), San José del Guaviare, Colombia and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,882 miles (or 4,638 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 Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport and Chicago O'Hare 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 Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport and Chicago O'Hare 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 Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE):

• Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport", another name for SJE is "Aeropuerto Jorge Enrique González Torres".
• The closest airport to Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) is La Macarena Airport (LMC), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) WSW of SJE.
• Because of Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport's relatively low elevation of 604 feet, planes can take off or land at Jorge Enrique González Torres 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 Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE) is Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport (TJQ), which is nearly antipodal to Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (meaning Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport), and is located 12,407 miles (19,968 kilometers) away in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia.

Facts about Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD):

• Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) has 8 runways.
• Douglas Company's contract ended in 1945 and though plans were proposed to build commercial aircraft, the company ultimately chose to concentrate production on the west coast.
• Because of Chicago O'Hare International Airport's relatively low elevation of 668 feet, planes can take off or land at Chicago O'Hare 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 closest airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Chicago Executive Airport (PWK), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) N of ORD.
• The furthest airport from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,071 miles (17,817 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• During this era international flights used Terminal 1.
• Concourses B and C are linear concourses located in separate buildings parallel to each other.
• Delta moved from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 in 2009 in order to align its operations with merger partner Northwest Airlines.
• The airport was constructed in 1942–43 as a manufacturing plant for Douglas C-54s during World War II.