Nonstop flight route between Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Santiago de Compostela, Spain:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Yangambi Airport (YAN), Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ), Santiago de Compostela, Spain would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,547 miles (or 5,708 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 Yangambi Airport and Santiago de Compostela 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 Yangambi Airport and Santiago de Compostela Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Yangambi Airport (YAN):

• The closest airport to Yangambi Airport (YAN) is Bangoka International Airport (FKI), which is located 65 miles (105 kilometers) ESE of YAN.
• In addition to being known as "Yangambi Airport", another name for YAN is "Yangambi Airport".
• The furthest airport from Yangambi Airport (YAN) is Cassidy International Airport (CXI), which is nearly antipodal to Yangambi Airport (meaning Yangambi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cassidy International Airport), and is located 12,208 miles (19,646 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Kiribati.

Facts about Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ):

• Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Additionally, criticism has faced the high cost of constructing a new terminal building, 230 million euros, while the old terminal currently sits shuttered and unused.
• Santiago de Compostela Airport handled 2,194,611 passengers last year.
• Subsidies granted by the Galician autonomous government to certain airlines operating at Santiago airport have been criticized by some social and political agents in Galicia, claiming that it implies unfair competition that damages the existing services at Vigo Airport and A Coruña Airport, which are located in Galicia's most populated areas.
• The New terminal at Santiago de Compostela Airport officially opened on 13 October 2011 and passenger operations transferred there the following day.
• The furthest airport from Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) is Hokitika Airport (HKK), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago de Compostela Airport (meaning Santiago de Compostela Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hokitika Airport), and is located 12,404 miles (19,962 kilometers) away in Hokitika, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Santiago de Compostela Airport", another name for SCQ is "Aeroporto de Santiago de Compostela".
• In 1969 A new terminal was built at the airport.
• The closest airport to Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ) is A Coruña Airport (LCG), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) N of SCQ.
• Passenger numbers have increased significantly at the airport, from 1.3 million in 2000 to 2.4 in 2011.
• Santiago de Compostela Airport is one of the three international airports in Galicia, Spain.