Nonstop flight route between Tulcán, Ecuador and Port Lions, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA), Tulcán, Ecuador and Port Lions Airport (ORI), Port Lions, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,629 miles (or 9,059 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 Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport and Port Lions 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 Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport and Port Lions Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TUA / SETU |
Airport Name: | Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport |
Location: | Tulcán, Ecuador |
GPS Coordinates: | 0°48'33"N by 77°42'29"W |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 9649 feet (2,941 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from TUA |
More Information: | TUA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ORI / KORI |
Airport Name: | Port Lions Airport |
Location: | Port Lions, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 57°53'7"N by 152°50'45"W |
Area Served: | Port Lions, Alaska |
Operator/Owner: | Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 52 feet (16 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ORI |
More Information: | ORI Maps & Info |
Facts about Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA):
- Because of Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport's high elevation of 9,649 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at TUA. Combined with a high temperature, this could make TUA a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is Depati Parbo Airport (KRC), which is nearly antipodal to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (meaning Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Depati Parbo Airport), and is located 12,331 miles (19,845 kilometers) away in Kerinci, Indonesia.
- The closest airport to Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) is San Luis Airport (IPI), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) NE of TUA.
Facts about Port Lions Airport (ORI):
- As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,386 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,666 enplanements in 2009, and 2,257 in 2010.
- Port Lions Airport (ORI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Port Lions Airport (ORI) is Port Bailey Seaplane Base (KPY), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) WNW of ORI.
- Port Lions Airport covers an area of 32 acres at an elevation of 52 feet above mean sea level.
- The furthest airport from Port Lions Airport (ORI) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,784 miles (17,355 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Because of Port Lions Airport's relatively low elevation of 52 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Lions 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.
- Port Lions Airport is a state owned, public use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Port Lions, a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S.