Nonstop flight route between Gulfport, Mississippi, United States and Covilhã, Portugal:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT), Gulfport, Mississippi, United States and Covilhã Airport (COV), Covilhã, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,488 miles (or 7,222 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 Gulfport–Biloxi International 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 Gulfport–Biloxi International 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: | GPT / KGPT |
Airport Name: | Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport |
Location: | Gulfport, Mississippi, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°24'25"N by 89°4'11"W |
Area Served: | Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area |
Operator/Owner: | Gulfport–Biloxi Regional Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 28 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from GPT |
More Information: | GPT 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 Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT):
- Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport is a joint civil-military public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Gulfport, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
- Gulfport Field was declared excess by the Air Force and conveyed by the War Assets Administration to the City of Gulfport in 1949 for use as a civil airport.
- The airport was originally constructed in 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base for Air Corps Flying Training Command.
- Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,123 miles (17,900 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- GPT currently has five airlines providing scheduled passenger service to six airports.
- Because of Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 28 feet, planes can take off or land at Gulfport–Biloxi 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.
- The closest airport to Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (GPT) is Keesler Air Force Base (BIX), which is located only 9 miles (14 kilometers) E of GPT.
Facts about Covilhã Airport (COV):
- 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.
- Covilhã Airport (COV) currently has only 1 runway.