Nonstop flight route between Gwadar, Pakistan and Pensacola, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gwadar International Airport (GWD), Gwadar, Pakistan and Pensacola International Airport (PNS), Pensacola, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,091 miles (or 13,022 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 Gwadar International Airport and Pensacola 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 Gwadar International Airport and Pensacola International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GWD / OPGD | 
| Airport Name: | Gwadar International Airport | 
| Location: | Gwadar, Pakistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 25°13'59"N by 62°19'45"E | 
| Area Served: | Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 96 feet (29 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from GWD | 
| More Information: | GWD Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PNS / KPNS | 
| Airport Name: | Pensacola International Airport | 
| Location: | Pensacola, Florida, United States | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 30°28'23"N by 87°11'12"W | 
| Area Served: | Pensacola, Florida | 
| Operator/Owner: | City of Pensacola | 
| Airport Type: | Public | 
| Elevation: | 121 feet (37 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from PNS | 
| More Information: | PNS Maps & Info | 
Facts about Gwadar International Airport (GWD):
- Because of Gwadar International Airport's relatively low elevation of 96 feet, planes can take off or land at Gwadar 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.
- Gwadar International Airport (GWD) currently has only 1 runway.
- It is a large airport in Balochistan, Pakistan, as it operates to cater mainly to the population of Gwadar.
- The furthest airport from Gwadar International Airport (GWD) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,908 miles (19,165 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The closest airport to Gwadar International Airport (GWD) is Jiwani (JIW), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) WSW of GWD.
- The town of Gwadar was purchased by Government of Pakistan from Sultan of Muscat in 1958.
Facts about Pensacola International Airport (PNS):
- Because of Pensacola International Airport's relatively low elevation of 121 feet, planes can take off or land at Pensacola 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.
- Pensacola International Airport (PNS) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Pensacola International Airport (PNS) is NOLF Saufley Field (NUN), which is located only 9 miles (15 kilometers) W of PNS.
- The furthest airport from Pensacola International Airport (PNS) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,148 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
- Pensacola International Airport, formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport, is a public use airport three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States.
- On December 27, 1987 an Eastern Airlines DC-9-31 made a hard landing and split its fuselage open just aft of its wing root.
- The airport's two war-era diagonal runways were decommissioned in the 1960s.




