Nonstop flight route between Pohang, South Korea and Toksook Bay, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pohang Airport (KPO), Pohang, South Korea and Toksook Bay Airport (OOK), Toksook Bay, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,276 miles (or 5,272 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 Pohang Airport and Toksook Bay 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 Pohang Airport and Toksook Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pohang Airport (KPO):

• In addition to being known as "Pohang Airport", other names for KPO include "포항공항 浦項空港", "Pohang Gonghang" and "P'ohang Konghang".
• The furthest airport from Pohang Airport (KPO) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Pohang Airport (meaning Pohang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,171 miles (19,587 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• Because of Pohang Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Pohang 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 802nd Battalion returned to Pohang on 27 September finding the airfield relatively undamaged.
• In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for USAF operations.
• Pohang Airport handled 255,227 passengers last year.
• Pohang Airfield was originally developed during the Japanese Imperial period.
• The closest airport to Pohang Airport (KPO) is Daegu International Airport (TAE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) W of KPO.
• Pohang Airport (KPO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Toksook Bay Airport (OOK):

• The furthest airport from Toksook Bay Airport (OOK) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,593 miles (17,048 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The closest airport to Toksook Bay Airport (OOK) is Tununak Airport (TNK), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) WNW of OOK.
• Toksook Bay Airport (OOK) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Toksook Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Toksook Bay 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.