Nonstop flight route between Londrina, Paraná, Brazil and Ponce, Puerto Rico:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,040 miles (or 4,892 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 Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport and Mercedita 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 Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport and Mercedita Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LDB / SBLO |
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Location: | Londrina, Paraná, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°19'49"S by 51°8'12"W |
Area Served: | Londrina |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1867 feet (569 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LDB |
More Information: | LDB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PSE / TJPS |
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Location: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
GPS Coordinates: | 18°0'29"N by 66°33'47"W |
Area Served: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PSE |
More Information: | PSE Maps & Info |
Facts about Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB):
- Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport handled 1,098,768 passengers last year.
- Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was inaugurated in 1936 but only in 1956 the runway was paved.
- The furthest airport from Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (meaning Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,225 miles (19,674 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
- The closest airport to Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport (LDB) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 23 miles (36 kilometers) W of LDB.
- In addition to being known as "Londrina-Governador José Richa Airport", another name for LDB is "Aeroporto de Londrina-Governador José Richa".
Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):
- The first scheduled commercial flights at Mercedita occurred in 1965 when domestic flights started.
- The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
- The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- After Ponce's mayor Rafael Cordero signed a contract to build a major seaport in the area, Mercedita's directors decided to expand the airport's runway to 8,000 ft to accommodate anticipated growth in airline traffic.
- Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
- On August 12, 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.
- In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
- Mercedita Airport covers an area of 274 acres at an elevation of 29 feet above mean sea level.
- In 1949, however, it was determined that the runway of the Ponce Airport at the nearby Losey Field no longer met the newer and more stringent minimum airport safety requirements, and airport operations were suspended.
- Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita 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 airport is also home of the southern aerial division of the Puerto Rico Police Department.