Nonstop flight route between Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada and Bogotá, Colombia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between CFB Cold Lake (YOD), Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada and El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Bogotá, Colombia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,983 miles (or 6,410 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 CFB Cold Lake and El Dorado 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 CFB Cold Lake and El Dorado 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: | YOD / CYOD |
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| Location: | Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| GPS Coordinates: | 54°24'18"N by 110°16'45"W |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Canada |
| Airport Type: | Military |
| Elevation: | 1775 feet (541 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YOD |
| More Information: | YOD Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BOG / SKBO |
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| Location: | Bogotá, Colombia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 4°42'5"N by 74°8'48"W |
| Operator/Owner: | OPAIN S.A. |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 8361 feet (2,548 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BOG |
| More Information: | BOG Maps & Info |
Facts about CFB Cold Lake (YOD):
- The closest airport to CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Bonnyville Airport (YBY), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) WSW of YOD.
- "The relatively unrestricted Cold Lake Air Weapons Range represents one of the largest live-drop training ranges in the world and is the largest low-level flying area in North America.
- The furthest airport from CFB Cold Lake (YOD) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,097 miles (16,250 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- CFB Cold Lake (YOD) has 3 runways.
- In addition to being known as "CFB Cold Lake", another name for YOD is "Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport".
- CLAWR is the northern equivalent to the United States Air Force's Nellis Air Force Range and provides a different training environment with heavy boreal forest and numerous lakes more closely resembling European terrain.
Facts about El Dorado International Airport (BOG):
- In addition to being known as "El Dorado International Airport", another name for BOG is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado".
- The third milestone of the project began in late November 2009.
- El Dorado International Airport (BOG) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Santiago Vila Airport (GIR), which is located 54 miles (86 kilometers) WSW of BOG.
- On 3 September 1932 it was launched the first Military Transport Service in Colombia, when a Junkers F-13 carried Colonel Luis Acevedo and his party to Leticia.
- The furthest airport from El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is Gunung Batin Airport (AKQ), which is nearly antipodal to El Dorado International Airport (meaning El Dorado International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Gunung Batin Airport), and is located 12,394 miles (19,946 kilometers) away in Astraksetra, Indonesia.
- Because of El Dorado International Airport's high elevation of 8,361 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BOG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BOG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The hub also features facilities for easier transits, such as exclusive check-in counters for travelers in transit, buses for internal transportation between Puente Aéreo and El Dorado terminals, and a special lounge for international transit passengers to avoid having to go through Colombian customs and immigration between transits.
