Nonstop flight route between Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States and Jijiga, Ethiopia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Heritage Field (PTW), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States and Wilwal International Airport (JIJ), Jijiga, Ethiopia would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,236 miles (or 11,646 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 Heritage Field and Wilwal 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 Heritage Field and Wilwal 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: | PTW / KPTW |
Airport Name: | Heritage Field |
Location: | Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 40°14'21"N by 75°33'24"W |
Area Served: | Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
Operator/Owner: | Limerick Aviation LP |
Airport Type: | Public use |
Elevation: | 309 feet (94 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PTW |
More Information: | PTW Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JIJ / HAJJ |
Airport Name: | Wilwal International Airport |
Location: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°19'50"N by 42°54'39"E |
Area Served: | Jijiga, Ethiopia |
Operator/Owner: | Ethiopian Airports Enterprise |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 5413 feet (1,650 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JIJ |
More Information: | JIJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Heritage Field (PTW):
- Because of Heritage Field's relatively low elevation of 309 feet, planes can take off or land at Heritage Field 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.
- Penn Airways is a fixed base operator located on the field.
- Previously known as Pottstown Limerick Airport, the airport was sold in 2009 by its former owner, the Exelon Generation Company, which also owns the nearby Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.
- The furthest airport from Heritage Field (PTW) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,706 miles (18,839 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Heritage Field (PTW) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Heritage Field (PTW) is Quakertown Airport (UKT), which is located only 16 miles (27 kilometers) NE of PTW.
Facts about Wilwal International Airport (JIJ):
- Because of Wilwal International Airport's high elevation of 5,413 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at JIJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make JIJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- By the 1990s, the Garaad Wiil-Waal Airport was one of 10 bases of the Ethiopian Air Force.
- The closest airport to Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Borama Airport (BXX), which is located 46 miles (73 kilometers) NNE of JIJ.
- The furthest airport from Wilwal International Airport (JIJ) is Atuona Airport (AUQ), which is nearly antipodal to Wilwal International Airport (meaning Wilwal International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Atuona Airport), and is located 12,302 miles (19,799 kilometers) away in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.