Nonstop flight route between Mascot (near Sydney), Australia and Nueva Loja, Ecuador:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD), Mascot (near Sydney), Australia and Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ), Nueva Loja, Ecuador would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,550 miles (or 13,760 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 Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport and Lago Agrio 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 Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport and Lago Agrio Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD):

• Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport", another name for SYD is "Kingsford-Smith Airport".
• In 1995 the Australian Parliament passed the Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995, which limits the operating hours of the airport.
• Because of Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport's relatively low elevation of 21 feet, planes can take off or land at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) 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.
• Love established Mascot as a private concern, leasing 200 acres from the Kensington Race Club for three years.
• The airport provides a shuttle service between the terminals at a cost of A$5.50.
• By the 1960s the need for a new international terminal had become apparent, and work commenced in late 1966.
• The furthest airport from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Santa Maria Airport (SMA), which is nearly antipodal to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (meaning Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santa Maria Airport), and is located 12,144 miles (19,543 kilometers) away in Santa Maria, Portugal.
• The Darwin – Sydney route includes data from May 2012, prior data was not released.
• In 1921 the federal government purchased 161 acres in Mascot for the purpose of creating a public airfield.
• The closest airport to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (SYD) is Bankstown Airport (BWU), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) W of SYD.

Facts about Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ):

• The closest airport to Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) is Tres de Mayo Airport (PUU), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) NE of LGQ.
• Because of Lago Agrio Airport's relatively low elevation of 982 feet, planes can take off or land at Lago Agrio 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.
• In addition to being known as "Lago Agrio Airport", another name for LGQ is "Aeropuerto de Lago Agrio".
• Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) is Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH), which is nearly antipodal to Lago Agrio Airport (meaning Lago Agrio Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hang Nadim International Airport), and is located 12,329 miles (19,841 kilometers) away in Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia.