Nonstop flight route between Natal, Brazil and Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT), Natal, Brazil and Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,102 miles (or 6,602 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 Augusto Severo International Airport and Lehigh Valley 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 Augusto Severo International Airport and Lehigh Valley 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: | NAT / SBNT |
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Location: | Natal, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°54'29"S by 35°14'57"W |
Area Served: | Natal |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public/Military |
Elevation: | 167 feet (51 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAT |
More Information: | NAT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ABE / KABE |
Airport Name: | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Location: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°39'8"N by 75°26'25"W |
Area Served: | Lehigh Valley |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 393 feet (120 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from ABE |
More Information: | ABE Maps & Info |
Facts about Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT):
- The airport gained an important role during World War II as a strategic base for aircraft flying between South America and West Africa.
- In addition to being known as "Augusto Severo International Airport", another name for NAT is "Aeroporto Internacional Augusto Severo".
- The airport is located 18 km from downtown Natal.
- Some of its facilities are shared with the Natal Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force.
- Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT) has 3 runways.
- On March 31, 1980, the Ministry of Aeronautics transferred to Infraero the task of managing the airport.
- The closest airport to Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT) is Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA), which is located 88 miles (142 kilometers) SSE of NAT.
- Because of Augusto Severo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 167 feet, planes can take off or land at Augusto Severo 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.
- The furthest airport from Augusto Severo International Airport (NAT) is Falalop Airfield (ULI), which is located 11,994 miles (19,303 kilometers) away in Falalop Island, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
- Augusto Severo International Airport handled 2,408,206 passengers last year.
Facts about Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE):
- The closest airport to Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is Quakertown Airport (UKT), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) SSE of ABE.
- The airport website says in 2012 the airport had 100,048 aircraft operations.
- By January 1944 work on a new runway was completed and a Class A United States Weather Bureau station had been installed.
- Lehigh Valley International Airport opened in 1929 and is one of the very few in the nation that serves its community from its original location.
- Because of Lehigh Valley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 393 feet, planes can take off or land at Lehigh Valley 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.
- The airport has had competition from Philadelphia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, which have more flights and sometimes lower fares.
- The furthest airport from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,695 miles (18,821 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- In April 1946 the Lehigh Airport Authority was created to own and manage the airport.
- Construction began on the present terminal in 1973 and the project, designed by Wallace & Watson, was completed in 1976.
- Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) has 2 runways.