Nonstop flight route between Abéché, Chad and Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Abéché Airport (AEH), Abéché, Chad and Piarco International Airport (POS), Piarco (near Port of Spain), Trinidad and Tobago would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,527 miles (or 8,894 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 Abéché Airport and Piarco 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 Abéché Airport and Piarco International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Abéché Airport (AEH):

• The closest airport to Abéché Airport (AEH) is Oum-Hadjer Airport (OUM), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) WSW of AEH.
• Abéché Airport (AEH) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Abéché Airport (AEH) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Abéché Airport (meaning Abéché Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,167 miles (19,581 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.

Facts about Piarco International Airport (POS):

• The Airport underwent expansion and renovation works in preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in November 2009.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Piarco International Airport", another name for POS is "78970[1][2]".
• An administrative/operations building for the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard is being constructed at the Piarco Air Base.
• At Piarco International Airport there are two high-speed taxiways and three connector taxiways.
• 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.
• Piarco International Airport (POS) currently has only 1 runway.
• 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.
• 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.