Nonstop flight route between Avon Park, Florida, United States and Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), Avon Park, Florida, United States and Faleolo International Airport (APW), Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,686 miles (or 10,760 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 Avon Park Executive Airport and Faleolo 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 Avon Park Executive Airport and Faleolo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO):

• Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) has 2 runways.
• Because of Avon Park Executive Airport's relatively low elevation of 160 feet, planes can take off or land at Avon Park Executive 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.
• Training Command inactivated the military flying school on 16 October 1944 as part of the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.
• According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation airport.
• The closest airport to Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) is Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) SE of AVO.
• The furthest airport from Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,498 miles (18,504 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Avon Park Executive Airport covers an area of 321 acres at an elevation of 160 feet above mean sea level.

Facts about Faleolo International Airport (APW):

• Faleolo Tower has some jurisdiction over the airspace of American Samoa and Tonga as well as its own airspace.
• Small turboprop aircraft connect American and independent Samoa.
• The furthest airport from Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maradi Airport (MFQ), which is nearly antipodal to Faleolo International Airport (meaning Faleolo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maradi Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Maradi, Niger.
• Because of Faleolo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Faleolo 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.
• Faleolo International Airport (APW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Faleolo International Airport (APW) is Maota (Salelologa) Airport (MXS), which is located only 18 miles (29 kilometers) WNW of APW.