Nonstop flight route between Ambon, Indonesia and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pattimura Airport (PTA) (AMQ), Ambon, Indonesia and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,657 miles (or 15,541 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 Pattimura Airport (PTA) and Pope Field, 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 Pattimura Airport (PTA) and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pattimura Airport (PTA) (AMQ):

• The closest airport to Pattimura Airport (PTA) (AMQ) is Amahai Airport (AHI), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) ENE of AMQ.
• The furthest airport from Pattimura Airport (PTA) (AMQ) is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), which is nearly antipodal to Pattimura Airport (PTA) (meaning Pattimura Airport (PTA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport), and is located 12,354 miles (19,882 kilometers) away in Cayenne, French Guiana.
• There are multiple ATM's available outside the terminal building near the Damri bus waiting place.
• Pattimura Airport (PTA) (AMQ) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Pattimura Airport (PTA)", another name for AMQ is "Bandar Udara Pattimura (PTA)".
• Because of Pattimura Airport (PTA)'s relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Pattimura Airport (PTA) 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.
• Pattimura Airport (PTA) handled 818 passengers last year.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• During the Vietnam War, Pope was the destination for the bodies of servicemen killed in Southeast Asia.
• In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
• The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
• In 1918, Congress established Camp Bragg, an Army field artillery site named for the Confederate General Braxton Bragg.
• Pope Field is a military facility located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina United States.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.