Nonstop flight route between West Yellowstone, Montana, United States and La Macarena, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yellowstone Airport (WYS), West Yellowstone, Montana, United States and La Macarena Airport (LMC), La Macarena, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,712 miles (or 5,974 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 Yellowstone Airport and La Macarena 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 Yellowstone Airport and La Macarena Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WYS / KWYS |
| Airport Name: | Yellowstone Airport |
| Location: | West Yellowstone, Montana, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°41'17"N by 111°7'4"W |
| Area Served: | West Yellowstone, Montana |
| Operator/Owner: | State of Montana |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6649 feet (2,027 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WYS |
| More Information: | WYS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LMC / |
| Airport Name: | La Macarena Airport |
| Location: | La Macarena, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 2°10'45"N by 73°47'14"W |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| View all routes: | Routes from LMC |
| More Information: | LMC Maps & Info |
Facts about Yellowstone Airport (WYS):
- Yellowstone Airport (WYS) currently has only 1 runway.
- Yellowstone Airport covers an area of 735 acres at an elevation of 6,649 feet above mean sea level.
- Delta/Skywest Airlines EMB120
- The closest airport to Yellowstone Airport (WYS) is Dubois Municipal Airport (DBS), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) WSW of WYS.
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,186 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 4,331 enplanements in 2009, and 4,451 in 2010.
- Because of Yellowstone Airport's high elevation of 6,649 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at WYS. Combined with a high temperature, this could make WYS a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- During the summer the base is home to 21 smokejumpers, pilots for the jump plane and retardant tanker, an office manager and a tanker base manager.
- The airport is currently served on a seasonal basis by SkyWest Airlines operating as the Delta Connection with Embraer EMB-120 "Brasilia" twin turboprop aircraft flying nonstop to and from the Delta hub located at Salt Lake City Airport.
- The furthest airport from Yellowstone Airport (WYS) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,685 miles (17,196 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
Facts about La Macarena Airport (LMC):
- The closest airport to La Macarena Airport (LMC) is Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport (SJE), which is located 84 miles (135 kilometers) ENE of LMC.
- The furthest airport from La Macarena Airport (LMC) is Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport (TJQ), which is nearly antipodal to La Macarena Airport (meaning La Macarena Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Buluh Tumbang Airport H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,833 kilometers) away in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia.
