Nonstop flight route between Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago and Hengchun, Taiwan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Piarco International Airport (POS), Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago and Hengchun Airport (HCN), Hengchun, Taiwan would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,178 miles (or 16,379 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 Piarco International Airport and Hengchun 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 Piarco International Airport and Hengchun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POS / TTPP |
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Location: | Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°35'43"N by 61°20'13"W |
Area Served: | Port of Spain |
Operator/Owner: | City of Port of Spain |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 58 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from POS |
More Information: | POS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HCN / RCKW |
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Location: | Hengchun, Taiwan |
GPS Coordinates: | 22°2'17"N by 120°43'49"E |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 46 feet (14 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HCN |
More Information: | HCN Maps & Info |
Facts about Piarco International Airport (POS):
- In addition to being known as "Piarco International Airport", another name for POS is "78970[1][2]".
- The furthest airport from Piarco International Airport (POS) is Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport (WGP), which is nearly antipodal to Piarco International Airport (meaning Piarco International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Umbu Mehang Kunda Airport), and is located 12,308 miles (19,808 kilometers) away in Waingapu, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
- In addition to passenger airlines, the airport also handles cargo traffic, general aviation, military and helicopter flights to the many oil rigs present offshore.
- Piarco Airport opened on 8 January 1931, to serve Venezuela's Compagnie Generale Aeropostale.
- Because of Piarco International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Piarco 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 new North Terminal consists of 35,964 m2 of building with 14-second-level aircraft gates for international flights and 2 ground level domestic gates.
- The terminal is a fully air-conditioned, smoke free building, equipped to handle peak-hour passenger traffic of 1,500 processing passengers through a fully computerised immigration system.
- The closest airport to Piarco International Airport (POS) is A.N.R. Robinson International Airport (TAB), which is located 51 miles (83 kilometers) NE of POS.
- Piarco International Airport (POS) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Hengchun Airport (HCN):
- The furthest airport from Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport (ESG), which is nearly antipodal to Hengchun Airport (meaning Hengchun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dr. Luis María Argaña International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay.
- Hengchun Airport is an airport in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- In addition to being known as "Hengchun Airport", other names for HCN include "恆春航空站恆春機場" and "Héngchūn HángkōngzhànHéngchūn Jīchǎng".
- Hengchun Airport (HCN) currently has only 1 runway.
- Mandarin Airlines and TransAsia Airways dropped out from serving the airport due to poor load factor and Hengchun Peninsular's seasonal strong winds which make landing and take off dangerous.
- Because of Hengchun Airport's relatively low elevation of 46 feet, planes can take off or land at Hengchun 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 closest airport to Hengchun Airport (HCN) is Kaohsiung International Airport (Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport) (KHH), which is located 44 miles (72 kilometers) NNW of HCN.
- The airport construction was finished in 2003 and opened to public in 2004 with a cost of NT$ 539,000,000.