Nonstop flight route between Bari, Italy and Ponce, Puerto Rico:
Departure Airport:
(41°8'19"N by 16°45'38"E)
Arrival Airport:
(18°0'29"N by 66°33'47"W)
Distance from BRI to PSE:
5,067.45 miles (8,155.24 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari, Italy and Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce, Puerto Rico would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,067 miles (or 8,155 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and Mercedita 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport and Mercedita Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | BRI / LIBD |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Bari, Italy |
| GPS Coordinates: | 41°8'19"N by 16°45'38"E |
| Area Served: | Bari, Italy |
| Operator/Owner: | Aeroporti di Puglia |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from BRI |
| More Information: | BRI Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PSE / TJPS |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 18°0'29"N by 66°33'47"W |
| Area Served: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Operator/Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 29 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PSE |
| More Information: | PSE Maps & Info |
Facts about Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI):
- Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) has 2 runways.
- In addition to being known as "Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport", another name for BRI is "Aeroporto di Bari-Karol Wojtyła".
- The closest airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) SE of BRI.
- Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport handled 3,780,112 passengers last year.
- Because of Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Bari Karol Wojtyła 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 furthest airport from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,739 miles (18,892 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- The airport can be reached by the ring road of Bari and from the A14 motorway.
- In the 1960s it was opened to civil flights and Alitalia schedules regular flights to Rome, Catania, Palermo, Ancona, Venice.
Facts about Mercedita Airport (PSE):
- The furthest airport from Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Barrow Island Airport (BWB), which is nearly antipodal to Mercedita Airport (meaning Mercedita Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Barrow Island Airport), and is located 12,201 miles (19,636 kilometers) away in Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia.
- In early 2010, members of the Ponce Chamber of Commerce strongly criticized the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and its director Alvaro Pilar Villagran after failure to execute on a legally binding agreement of November 2008, whereby the Ports Authority agreed to an investment of $8 million to build an airport drainage system needed as part of any additional expansion work.
- Built in 1939, Mercedita was originally a modest aerodrome used for the airborne irrigation of sugarcane fields belonging to Destilería Serrallés.
- On August 12, 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.
- Because of Mercedita Airport's relatively low elevation of 29 feet, planes can take off or land at Mercedita 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.
- Federal Express and DHL operate out of this airport for the distribution of surface freight.
- In addition to being known as "Mercedita Airport", other names for PSE include "Aeropuerto Mercedita" and "18.00'30"N, 66.33'47"W".
- Mercedita Airport (PSE) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Mercedita Airport (PSE) is Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE), which is located 31 miles (51 kilometers) NNW of PSE.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 54.51 miles (87.72 km) SE | Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR) | Grottaglie, Puglia, Italy |     |
| 2 | 66.79 miles (107.49 km) WNW | Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport (FOG) | Foggia, Italy | |
| 3 | 70.32 miles (113.17 km) ESE | Brindisi – Salento Airport (BDS) | Brindisi, Italy | |
| 4 | 95.05 miles (152.96 km) SE | Lecce Galatina Airport (LCC) | Lecce, Italy | |
| 5 | 102.98 miles (165.74 km) WSW | Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport (QSR) | Salerno, Italy | |
| 6 | 125.22 miles (201.53 km) NE | Dubrovnik Airport (DBV) | Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia | |
| 7 | 129.95 miles (209.14 km) W | Naples International Airport (NAP) | Naples, Italy | |
| 8 | 133.71 miles (215.18 km) NE | Tivat Airport (TIV) | Tivat, Montenegro | |
| 9 | 148.40 miles (238.82 km) N | Bol Airport (BWK) | Bol, Croatia | |
| 10 | 148.93 miles (239.69 km) S | Crotone Airport (CRV) | Crotone, Italy | |
| 11 | 153.63 miles (247.24 km) NE | Podgorica Airport (TGD) | Golubovci (near Podgorica), Montenegro | |
| 12 | 154.87 miles (249.24 km) E | Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA) | Tirana, Albania | |
| 13 | 156.74 miles (252.25 km) S | Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) | Lamezia Terme, Italy | |
| 14 | 158.20 miles (254.59 km) NNE | Mostar International Airport (OMO) | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 15 | 160.06 miles (257.59 km) NW | Abruzzo Airport (PSR) | Pescara, Italy | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,739.23 miles (18,892.42 km) ESE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,428.71 miles (18,392.68 km) E | Gisborne Airport (GIS) | Gisborne, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,384.78 miles (18,321.99 km) E | Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE) | Napier, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,358.56 miles (18,279.78 km) E | Whakatane Airport (WHK) | Whakatane, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,338.71 miles (18,247.84 km) E | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,331.68 miles (18,236.53 km) E | Taupo AirportTe Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō (TUO) | Taupo, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,331.57 miles (18,236.35 km) E | Rotorua International Airport (ROT) | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,331.02 miles (18,235.47 km) E | Palmerston North Airport (PMR) | Palmerston North, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,316.02 miles (18,211.33 km) E | Tauranga Airport (TRG) | Tauranga, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,304.74 miles (18,193.18 km) E | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,298.97 miles (18,183.88 km) E | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,295.79 miles (18,178.76 km) E | Wanganui Airport (WAG) | Wanganui, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,293.68 miles (18,175.37 km) E | Matamata Airport (MTA) | Matamata, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,275.36 miles (18,145.90 km) E | Hamilton International Airport (HLZ) | Hamilton, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,270.68 miles (18,138.36 km) E | Thames Aerodrome (TMZ) | Thames, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 31.47 miles (50.65 km) NNW | Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport (ARE) | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | |
| 2 | 36.17 miles (58.21 km) NNE | Dorado Airport (DDP) | Dorado, Puerto Rico | |
| 3 | 42.06 miles (67.68 km) WNW | Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (MAZ) | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
| 4 | 43.47 miles (69.96 km) NE | Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| 5 | 47.35 miles (76.21 km) NE | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| 6 | 50.12 miles (80.66 km) NW | Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN) | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | |
| 7 | 50.86 miles (81.86 km) E | Humacao Airport (HUC) | Humacao, Puerto Rico, United States | |
| 8 | 62.68 miles (100.87 km) ENE | Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (FAJ) | Fajardo, Puerto Rico, United States | |
| 9 | 70.79 miles (113.92 km) E | Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (VQS) | Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States | |
| 10 | 85.27 miles (137.24 km) ENE | Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) | Isla de Culebra, Puerto Rico | |
| 11 | 106.81 miles (171.89 km) ENE | Cyril E. King Airport (STT) | Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands | |
| 12 | 108.91 miles (175.28 km) ENE | Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base (SPB) | Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| 13 | 117.72 miles (189.46 km) E | Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport (STX) | Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands | |
| 14 | 123.50 miles (198.76 km) E | Christiansted Harbor Seaplane Base (SSB) | Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| 15 | 123.53 miles (198.81 km) WNW | Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) | Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,201.40 miles (19,636.20 km) SSW | Barrow Island Airport (BWB) | Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 2 | 12,150.11 miles (19,553.66 km) SW | Karratha Airport (KTA) | Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 3 | 12,141.66 miles (19,540.07 km) S | RAAF Learmonth (LEA) | Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 4 | 12,060.71 miles (19,409.79 km) WSW | Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) | Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 5 | 12,053.10 miles (19,397.53 km) SW | Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY) | Coolawanyah Station, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 6 | 12,030.88 miles (19,361.78 km) SW | Solomon Airport (SLJ) | Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 12,001.50 miles (19,314.49 km) SW | Tom Price Airport (TPR) | Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 11,984.20 miles (19,286.66 km) SW | Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) | Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 11,961.73 miles (19,250.49 km) S | Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) | Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 11,949.11 miles (19,230.19 km) SW | Coondewanna Airport (CJF) | Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 11,945.32 miles (19,224.07 km) SW | Barimunya Airport (BYP) | Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 11,891.92 miles (19,138.15 km) S | Shark Bay Airport (MJK) | Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 11,881.15 miles (19,120.80 km) SW | Newman Airport (ZNE) | Newman, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 14 | 11,859.11 miles (19,085.34 km) W | Broome International Airport (BME) | Broome, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 11,786.51 miles (18,968.51 km) S | Ngurah Rai International Airport (NRIA) (DPS) | Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia | |