Nonstop flight route between Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Punta Gorda, Florida, United States:
Departure Airport:
(48°22'9"N by 7°49'39"E)
Arrival Airport:
(26°55'8"N by 81°59'26"W)
Distance from LHA to PGD:
4,843.93 miles (7,795.53 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Black Forest Airport (LHA), Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Punta Gorda Airport (PGD), Punta Gorda, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,844 miles (or 7,796 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 Black Forest Airport and Punta Gorda 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 Black Forest Airport and Punta Gorda Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | LHA / EDTL |
| Airport Name: | Black Forest Airport |
| Location: | Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 48°22'9"N by 7°49'39"E |
| Area Served: | Lahr, Germany |
| Operator/Owner: | Lahrer Flugbetriebs GmbH & Co. KG |
| Airport Type: | Commercial |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from LHA |
| More Information: | LHA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PGD / KPGD |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Punta Gorda, Florida, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 26°55'8"N by 81°59'26"W |
| Area Served: | Punta Gorda, Florida |
| Operator/Owner: | Charlotte County Airport Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PGD |
| More Information: | PGD Maps & Info |
Facts about Black Forest Airport (LHA):
- Black Forest Airport (LHA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Black Forest Airport (LHA) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Black Forest Airport (meaning Black Forest Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,061 miles (19,410 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The closest airport to Black Forest Airport (LHA) is Strasbourg International Airport (SXB), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) NW of LHA.
Facts about Punta Gorda Airport (PGD):
- Allegiant Air, operating McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, schedules flights to 12 states in the eastern and midwest U.S., all served via smaller airports much like PGD.
- Because of Punta Gorda Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Punta Gorda 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.
- Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) has 3 runways.
- In 1941 the US Army Corps of Engineers built an airfield on the current airport property as a combat pilot training base for the US Army Air Forces' Third Air Force, naming the facility Punta Gorda Army Airfield.
- The furthest airport from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,471 miles (18,461 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Punta Gorda Airport handled 149,141 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Punta Gorda Airport", another name for PGD is "(Formerly Charlotte County Airport)".
- The airport saw no large airlines after the early 1980s in the aftermath of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
- The closest airport to Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) is Page Field (FMY), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) SSE of PGD.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 14.86 miles (23.91 km) NW | Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) | Strasbourg, France |     |
| 2 | 28.02 miles (45.09 km) SW | Colmar - Houssen Airport (CMR) | Colmar / Houssen, France | |
| 3 | 30.61 miles (49.26 km) NNE | Baden Airpark (FKB) | Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| 4 | 55.58 miles (89.45 km) SSW | EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL) | Basel, Switzerland | |
| 5 | 55.58 miles (89.45 km) SSW | EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (MLH) | Mulhouse, France | |
| 6 | 61.22 miles (98.53 km) NNW | Zweibrücken Airport (ZQW) | Zweibrücken, Germany | |
| 7 | 66.93 miles (107.71 km) NNW | Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) | Saarbrücken, Germany | |
| 8 | 67.53 miles (108.68 km) ENE | Stuttgart Airport (STR) | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 9 | 68.20 miles (109.76 km) ENE | Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (ZWS) | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 10 | 70.86 miles (114.05 km) SSE | Zurich Airport (ZRH) | Zürich, Switzerland | |
| 11 | 74.95 miles (120.63 km) N | Ramstein Air Base (RMS) | Ramstein, Germany | |
| 12 | 77.59 miles (124.87 km) SW | Montbéliard - Courcelles Aerodrome (XMF) | Montbéliard, France | |
| 13 | 80.10 miles (128.91 km) N | Sembach KaserneSembach Air Base (SEX) | Sembach, Germany | |
| 14 | 80.91 miles (130.22 km) W | Épinal - Mirecourt Airport (EPL) | Juvaincourt, Vosges, France | |
| 15 | 82.35 miles (132.53 km) NNE | Mannheim City Airport (MHG) | Mannheim, Germany | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,060.91 miles (19,410.11 km) SE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,651.06 miles (18,750.51 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,636.32 miles (18,726.80 km) ESE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,635.53 miles (18,725.52 km) ESE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,629.97 miles (18,716.58 km) ESE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,623.55 miles (18,706.24 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,618.08 miles (18,697.43 km) SE | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,616.53 miles (18,694.94 km) SE | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,611.54 miles (18,686.92 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,610.75 miles (18,685.64 km) E | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,608.18 miles (18,681.51 km) ESE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,605.64 miles (18,677.42 km) SE | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,598.48 miles (18,665.90 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,593.39 miles (18,657.71 km) E | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,578.64 miles (18,633.96 km) SE | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 24.26 miles (39.05 km) SSE | Page Field (FMY) | Fort Myers, Florida, United States | |
| 2 | 29.62 miles (47.66 km) WNW | Venice Municipal Airport (VNC) | Venice, Florida, United States | |
| 3 | 30.18 miles (48.57 km) SSE | Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) | Fort Myers, Florida, United States | |
| 4 | 47.80 miles (76.93 km) NW | Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) | Sarasota, Florida (near Bradenton), United States | |
| 5 | 49.47 miles (79.61 km) SE | Immokalee Regional Airport (IMM) | Immokalee, Florida, United States | |
| 6 | 54.44 miles (87.62 km) NNE | Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) | Avon Park, Florida, United States | |
| 7 | 54.47 miles (87.66 km) NE | Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) | Sebring, Florida, United States | |
| 8 | 54.60 miles (87.87 km) SSE | Naples Municipal Airport (APF) | Naples, Florida, United States | |
| 9 | 66.80 miles (107.51 km) SSE | Marco Island Airport (MRK) | Marco Island, Florida, United States | |
| 10 | 70.30 miles (113.13 km) NNW | Albert Whitted Airport (SPG) | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States | |
| 11 | 71.92 miles (115.74 km) N | Bartow Municipal Airport (BOW) | Bartow, Florida, United States | |
| 12 | 72.06 miles (115.96 km) NNW | MacDill Air Force Base (MCF) | Tampa, Florida, United States | |
| 13 | 73.95 miles (119.01 km) N | Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL) | Lakeland, Florida, United States | |
| 14 | 74.09 miles (119.24 km) ENE | Okeechobee County Airport (OBE) | Okeechobee, Florida, United States | |
| 15 | 74.38 miles (119.70 km) NNW | Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF) | Tampa, Florida, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,471.42 miles (18,461.42 km) W | Shark Bay Airport (MJK) | Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 11,453.81 miles (18,433.08 km) W | Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) | Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 11,438.38 miles (18,408.24 km) W | Kalbarri Airport (KAX) | Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 11,416.17 miles (18,372.49 km) S | Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) | Cocos Islands, Australia | |
| 5 | 11,409.42 miles (18,361.63 km) W | Geraldton Airport (GET) | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 11,377.88 miles (18,310.88 km) WSW | Jurien Bay Airport (JUR) | Jurien Bay, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 11,376.91 miles (18,309.31 km) WSW | RAAF Learmonth (LEA) | Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 11,361.26 miles (18,284.14 km) W | Mullewa Airport (MXU) | Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 11,328.40 miles (18,231.24 km) WSW | Morawa Airport (MWB) | Morawa, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 11,326.75 miles (18,228.59 km) WSW | Rottnest Airport (RTS) | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 11,311.24 miles (18,203.63 km) WSW | Margaret River Airport (MGV) | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,305.83 miles (18,194.93 km) WSW | Jandakot Airport (JAD) | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,303.49 miles (18,191.15 km) WSW | Perth Airport (PER) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,300.88 miles (18,186.96 km) WSW | Busselton Regional Airport (BQB) | Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 11,292.76 miles (18,173.89 km) WSW | Bunbury Airport (BUY) | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | |