Nonstop flight route between Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Barranquilla, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Baker Lake Airport (YBK), Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ), Barranquilla, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,832 miles (or 6,167 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 Baker Lake Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz International 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 Baker Lake Airport and Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YBK / CYBK |
Airport Name: | Baker Lake Airport |
Location: | Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 64°17'56"N by 96°4'40"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Nunavut |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 61 feet (19 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from YBK |
More Information: | YBK Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAQ / SKBQ |
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Location: | Barranquilla, Colombia |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°53'21"N by 74°46'50"W |
Area Served: | Barranquilla, Colombia |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos del Caribe S.A. |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 98 feet (30 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BAQ |
More Information: | BAQ Maps & Info |
Facts about Baker Lake Airport (YBK):
- Baker Lake Airport (YBK) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Baker Lake Airport (YBK) is Rankin Inlet Airport (YRT), which is located 159 miles (257 kilometers) SE of YBK.
- Because of Baker Lake Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Baker Lake 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.
- The furthest airport from Baker Lake Airport (YBK) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 9,964 miles (16,036 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
Facts about Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ):
- Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Christmas Island Airport (XCH), which is nearly antipodal to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (meaning Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Christmas Island Airport), and is located 12,393 miles (19,944 kilometers) away in Christmas Island, Australia.
- The closest airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) is Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) ENE of BAQ.
- The airport is located in the municipality of Soledad, just 12 km from the center of Barranquilla.
- Because of Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport's relatively low elevation of 98 feet, planes can take off or land at Ernesto Cortissoz 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.
- Finally on the afternoon of April 7, 1981, Julio Cesar Turbay, president of the Republic and Alvaro Uribe Velez, Chief of the Aeronáutica Civil dedicated Barranquilla's new international airport Ernesto Cortissoz.
- The airport has one passenger terminal building to handle all of the airport's commercial traffic.
- In addition to being known as "Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport", another name for BAQ is "Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz".