Nonstop flight route between Gainesville, Florida, United States and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), Gainesville, Florida, United States and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 424 miles (or 682 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 relatively short distance between Gainesville Regional Airport and Pope Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV):

• Because of Gainesville Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Gainesville Regional 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.
• Eclipse Aviation, maker of the Eclipse 500, operated its first factory service center in Gainesville until the company declared bankruptcy in 2009.
• The furthest airport from Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,434 miles (18,401 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airfield was declared surplus in September 1945 and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on October 1, 1946.
• Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) has 2 runways.
• Gainesville Regional Airport's terminal has 3 gates.
• The closest airport to Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) is Ocala International Airport (OCF), which is located 36 miles (58 kilometers) S of GNV.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• 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.
• Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, was located at Pope in August 1950.
• Lessons learned in the Gulf War in 1990-1991 led senior defense planners to conclude that the structure of the military establishment created numerous command and control problems.
• 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.
• The drop zones, low-level routes, and dirt landing zones at Fort Bragg became familiar to many men bound for Southeast Asia.