Nonstop flight route between Pohang, South Korea and Beverly, Massachusetts, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pohang Airport (KPO), Pohang, South Korea and Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY), Beverly, Massachusetts, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,859 miles (or 11,038 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 Pohang Airport and Beverly Municipal 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 Pohang Airport and Beverly Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pohang Airport (KPO):

• The closest airport to Pohang Airport (KPO) is Daegu International Airport (TAE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) W of KPO.
• Pohang Airport is an airport in Pohang, South Korea.
• Pohang Airport handled 255,227 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Pohang Airport (KPO) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is nearly antipodal to Pohang Airport (meaning Pohang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport), and is located 12,171 miles (19,587 kilometers) away in Maldonado/Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay.
• Pohang Airport (KPO) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Pohang Airport", other names for KPO include "포항공항 浦項空港", "Pohang Gonghang" and "P'ohang Konghang".
• Troops of the Korean People's Army 12th Division infiltrated the Pohang area in early August and made guerilla attacks against the airfield.
• Because of Pohang Airport's relatively low elevation of 70 feet, planes can take off or land at Pohang 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.

Facts about Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY):

• Civil Air Patrol Squadron MA-019, Beverly Composite Squadron, is headquartered at Beverly Municipal Airport in the old airport control tower.
• On August 27, 2010 - Michael Costales, age 30, a flight instructor at Beverly Municipal Airport, was struck and killed by an aircraft moving propeller.
• The closest airport to Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY) is Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) NW of BVY.
• Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,756 miles (18,919 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Beverly Municipal Airport was built in 1928 through the efforts of the Beverly Aero Club and the Beverly Chamber of Commerce.
• It is designated by the FAA as a reliever airport, which means it is available to relieve Logan International Airport of small general aviation type aircraft during Logan's peak traffic times.
• Because of Beverly Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 107 feet, planes can take off or land at Beverly Municipal 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.
• On May 9, 1989 Alfred James Hunter III, a postal worker who had shot and killed his ex-wife earlier that evening, stole an airplane at gunpoint from flight instructor.