Nonstop flight route between Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia and Mobile, Alabama, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Paraburdoo Airport (PBO), Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia and Mobile Regional Airport (MOB), Mobile, Alabama, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,758 miles (or 17,314 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 Paraburdoo Airport and Mobile Regional 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 Paraburdoo Airport and Mobile Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PBO / YPBO |
Airport Name: | Paraburdoo Airport |
Location: | Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 23°10'17"S by 117°44'44"E |
Area Served: | Paraburdoo, Western Australia |
Operator/Owner: | Rio Tinto Group |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1406 feet (429 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PBO |
More Information: | PBO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MOB / KMOB |
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Location: | Mobile, Alabama, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°41'29"N by 88°14'34"W |
Area Served: | Mobile, Alabama |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 219 feet (67 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MOB |
More Information: | MOB Maps & Info |
Facts about Paraburdoo Airport (PBO):
- Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) is Tom Price Airport (TPR), which is located 30 miles (49 kilometers) NNE of PBO.
- The furthest airport from Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) is Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), which is nearly antipodal to Paraburdoo Airport (meaning Paraburdoo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport), and is located 12,090 miles (19,457 kilometers) away in The Valley, Anguilla.
- Paraburdoo Airport is an airport serving Paraburdoo, a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Facts about Mobile Regional Airport (MOB):
- One of the first airlines besides Eastern to serve Mobile was Capital Airlines with flights to Atlanta, Birmingham, AL, New Orleans, New York-Newark, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
- In 2010 Northwest Airlines merged into Delta Air Lines.
- The Army used this airport as a basic pilot training airfield, under contract to Waterman Airlines.
- The closest airport to Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) is Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) ESE of MOB.
- In addition to being known as "Mobile Regional Airport", other names for MOB include "Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile" and "(former Bates Army Airfield)".
- The furthest airport from Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,118 miles (17,893 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- In the 1960s Eastern Airlines was flying Lockheed L-188 Electras to Mobile and then introduced Boeing 727-100s and Douglas DC-9s primarily to Atlanta.
- Because of Mobile Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 219 feet, planes can take off or land at Mobile Regional 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.
- United Airlines via United Express previously served Mobile from its hubs in Chicago and Washington D.C.
- Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) has 2 runways.