Nonstop flight route between Kabala, Sierra Leone and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Kabala Airport (KBA), Kabala, Sierra Leone and Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,800 miles (or 6,115 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 Kabala Airport and Salgado Filho 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 Kabala Airport and Salgado Filho 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: | KBA / GFKB |
| Airport Name: | Kabala Airport |
| Location: | Kabala, Sierra Leone |
| GPS Coordinates: | 9°38'20"N by 11°30'55"W |
| Area Served: | Kabala |
| View all routes: | Routes from KBA |
| More Information: | KBA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POA / SBPA |
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| Location: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W |
| Area Served: | Porto Alegre |
| Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from POA |
| More Information: | POA Maps & Info |
Facts about Kabala Airport (KBA):
- The closest airport to Kabala Airport (KBA) is Faranah Airport (FAA), which is located 58 miles (93 kilometers) ENE of KBA.
- The furthest airport from Kabala Airport (KBA) is Mota Lava Airport (MTV), which is nearly antipodal to Kabala Airport (meaning Kabala Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mota Lava Airport), and is located 12,154 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Mota Lava, Vanuatu.
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- Because of Salgado Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Salgado Filho 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.
- One of the two TAP Maintenance & Engineering centers in Brazil is located at Salgado Filho International Airport.
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
- The furthest airport from Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Yakushima Airport (KUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salgado Filho International Airport (meaning Salgado Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yakushima Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- On October 12, 1951, São João Federal Airport was renamed Salgado Filho Airport, after the Senator and Minister who died the year before on a crash involving a SAVAG aircraft that departed from Porto Alegre.
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 137 miles (221 kilometers) NE of POA.
- Salgado Filho International Airport is the airport serving Porto Alegre, Brazil.
