Halfway between Bogotá and Madrid
The midpoint of the shortest route between Bogotá and Madrid is over the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Midpoint coordinates
- 26.848° N 44.276° W
- Great-circle distance
- 8,012km
- 4,978 mi
- Approx. flight time
- 9h 56min
- at 850 km/h, plus 30 min
- Initial heading
- 49°
- from Bogotá, true north
- Nearest large city
- Carolina
- Puerto Rico · 2,412 km
- Shortest route (great circle)
- Straight line on a flat map
- True midpoint
- Where the flat map puts it
Flat-map illusion
Flat-map error
641km
On a Mercator map, the middle of the straight line between these cities is 641 km away from the true midpoint. The shortest route curves toward the pole.
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