Nonstop flight route between Chiapas, Mexico and Detroit, Michigan, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT), Chiapas, Mexico and Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP), Detroit, Michigan, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,844 miles (or 2,967 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 relatively short distance between San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport and Willow Run Airport (YIP), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT):

• San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,738 miles (18,890 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport", another name for SZT is "Aeropuerto Nacional de San Cristóbal de las Casas".
• The closest airport to San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport (SZT) is Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport (TGZ), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) WSW of SZT.
• Because of San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport's high elevation of 7,185 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at SZT. Combined with a high temperature, this could make SZT a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.

Facts about Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP):

• Willow Run Airport has four runways, a continuously staffed FAA control tower, and US Customs operations.
• The Willow Run bomber plant had many problems at startup, due in part to the mindsets and technical skills of both management and labor, who were each accustomed to the requirements of auto production, finding it difficult at first to adapt to the higher precision required in aircraft production.
• Because of Willow Run Airport (YIP)'s relatively low elevation of 716 feet, planes can take off or land at Willow Run Airport (YIP) 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 Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) E of YIP.
• Willow Run Airport was named for a small stream that meandered through pastureland and woods until the late-1930s.
• By fall 1944 Willow Run had moved from the B-24L to the B-24M, the last Liberator to be built in significant numbers.
• The RFC sold the airport to the University of Michigan in 1947 for $1.00.
• The Willow Run plant was gigantic.
• The furthest airport from Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,276 miles (18,147 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Willow Run Airport (YIP) (YIP) has 4 runways.
• Between 1946 and 1947, passenger airlines serving Detroit moved from Detroit City Airport on the city's crowded east side, to Willow Run.