Nonstop flight route between Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States and San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States and Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,463 miles (or 8,792 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 Pōhakuloa Training Area and Gregorio Luperón 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 Pōhakuloa Training Area and Gregorio Luperón 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: | BSF / PHSF |
Airport Name: | Pōhakuloa Training Area |
Location: | Camp Pohakuloa, Hawaii, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°50'23"N by 155°43'0"W |
Operator/Owner: | United States Army |
View all routes: | Routes from BSF |
More Information: | BSF Maps & Info |
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IATA / ICAO Codes: | POP / MDPP |
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Location: | San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°45'28"N by 70°34'11"W |
Operator/Owner: | Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom) |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from POP |
More Information: | POP Maps & Info |
Facts about Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF):
- Weapons such as the Davy Crockett nuclear rifle and depleted Uranium have been used at PTA.
- The airstrip was constructed at the area in 1956.
- The name of the current facility comes from puʻu pōhaku loa, which means "long rocky cinder cone" in the Hawaiian Language, although like many other Hawaiian names, the same name has been used for other places on the island.
- The closest airport to Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF) is Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNE of BSF.
- The furthest airport from Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Pōhakuloa Training Area (meaning Pōhakuloa Training Area is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,925 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
Facts about Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP):
- The closest airport to Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) is Cibao International Airport (STI), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) S of POP.
- Capable of handling planes of all sizes, Puerto Plata Airport has benefited from being in an area with many beaches, which are popular among charter airline passengers.
- In addition to being known as "Gregorio Luperón International Airport", another name for POP is "Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón".
- Gregorio Luperón International Airport handled 744,754 passengers last year.
- Because of Gregorio Luperón International Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Gregorio Luperón 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.
- Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Gregorio Luperón International Airport (meaning Gregorio Luperón International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,091 miles (19,458 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.