Nonstop flight route between Chesterfield, Missouri, United States and Nieuw-Nickerie, Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS), Chesterfield, Missouri, United States and Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (ICK), Nieuw-Nickerie, Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,084 miles (or 4,963 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 Spirit of St. Louis Airport and Majoor Henry Fernandes 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 Spirit of St. Louis Airport and Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS):

• Because of Spirit of St. Louis Airport's relatively low elevation of 463 feet, planes can take off or land at Spirit of St. Louis 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 Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) is Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of SUS.
• The furthest airport from Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,971 miles (17,656 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) has 2 runways.

Facts about Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (ICK):

• The furthest airport from Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (ICK) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (meaning Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,395 miles (19,947 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.
• The closest airport to Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (ICK) is Wageningen Airstrip (AGI), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) ESE of ICK.
• In addition to being known as "Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport", another name for ICK is "Majoor Henry Fernandes Vliegveld".
• Because of Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport's relatively low elevation of 9 feet, planes can take off or land at Majoor Henry Fernandes 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.
• Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (ICK) currently has only 1 runway.