Nonstop flight route between East Farmingdale, New York, United States and Covilhã, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Republic Airport (FRG), East Farmingdale, New York, United States and Covilhã Airport (COV), Covilhã, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,378 miles (or 5,436 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 Republic Airport and Covilhã 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 Republic Airport and Covilhã Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FRG / KFRG | 
| Airport Name: | Republic Airport | 
| Location: | East Farmingdale, New York, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°43'44"N by 73°24'47"W | 
| Area Served: | Long Island | 
| Operator/Owner: | New York State Department of Transportation | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 80 feet (24 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from FRG | 
| More Information: | FRG Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | COV / LPCV | 
| Airport Name: | Covilhã Airport | 
| Location: | Covilhã, Portugal | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°15'52"N by 7°28'48"W | 
| Elevation: | 1572 feet (479 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from COV | 
| More Information: | COV Maps & Info | 
Facts about Republic Airport (FRG):
- Seversky Aircraft moved there in January 1935 from College Point in Queens, and became Republic Aviation in 1939.
 - The airport was once served by scheduled passenger air service on Cosmopolitan Airlines in the 1980s,Provincetown-Boston Airlines in the 1980s and Northwest Airlink in the 1990s.
 - Republic Airport was acquired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on March 31, 1969.
 - The closest airport to Republic Airport (FRG) is Long Island MacArthur Airport (HAP), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) ENE of FRG.
 - Republic Airport (FRG) has 2 runways.
 - The furthest airport from Republic Airport (FRG) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,775 miles (18,949 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
 - The Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, formed in 1984,and chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1987, maintains sixteen photographic exhibits illustrating the history of aviation, and historical archives, on the first floor of the Republic Airport terminal building behind the FAA tower on the east side of Route 110.
 - Because of Republic Airport's relatively low elevation of 80 feet, planes can take off or land at Republic 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.
 - Republic Airport has a two-story terminal building serving passengers boarding charter flights to short distance destinations such as Atlantic City, New Jersey.
 
Facts about Covilhã Airport (COV):
- Covilhã Airport (COV) currently has only 1 runway.
 - The furthest airport from Covilhã Airport (COV) is Takaka Aerodrome (KTF), which is nearly antipodal to Covilhã Airport (meaning Covilhã Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Takaka Aerodrome), and is located 12,390 miles (19,940 kilometers) away in Takaka, New Zealand.
 - The closest airport to Covilhã Airport (COV) is Coimbra Airport (CBP), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) W of COV.
 
