Nonstop flight route between Vilnius, Lithuania and Colón, Panama:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Vilnius International Airport (VNO), Vilnius, Lithuania and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX), Colón, Panama would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,285 miles (or 10,114 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 Vilnius International Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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 Vilnius International Airport and Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Vilnius International Airport (VNO):

• Because of Vilnius International Airport's relatively low elevation of 646 feet, planes can take off or land at Vilnius 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.
• In addition to being known as "Vilnius International Airport", another name for VNO is "Tarptautinis Vilniaus oro uostas".
• The furthest airport from Vilnius International Airport (VNO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,211 miles (18,043 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Direct train services between Vilnius Airport Railway Station and the central station of Vilnius were started in October 2008.
• The closest airport to Vilnius International Airport (VNO) is Kaunas International Airport (KUN), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) WNW of VNO.
• On 30 June 2013 Air Lituanica began its flights from the Vilnius International Airport.Today Vilnius Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe.
• Vilnius International Airport (VNO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In November 2007, the new 1,000 m2 terminal building was opened for operations which improved the capacity and facilities of the airport and complies with the requirements of the Schengen agreement.

Facts about Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX):

• In addition to being known as "Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport", another name for ONX is "Aeropuerto Enrique Adolfo Jiménez".
• Because of Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Enrique Adolfo Jiménez 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.
• Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) currently has only 1 runway.
• What would become Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport has its origins before World War I, when on Sunday, 27 April 1913, the Isthmus of Panama was first overflown from a beach near Balboa, on the Pacific side, to the shores near Cristobal on the Atlantic side by an airplane.
• During the 1930s, France Field was modernized and the facilities upgraded over the decade and the number of assigned units increased as world tensions heightened.
• The furthest airport from Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is nearly antipodal to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (meaning Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport), and is located 12,139 miles (19,536 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• During the early 1920s, France Field was expanded, as the defense of the Panama Canal was the major overseas concern of the Air Service.
• The closest airport to Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport (ONX) is Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) SE of ONX.