Nonstop flight route between Pohang, South Korea and Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pohang Airport (KPO), Pohang, South Korea and Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD), Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 12,120 miles (or 19,505 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 Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso 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 Pohang Airport and Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

The distance between KPO and MVD makes them almost exactly antipodal (the exact opposite side of the world) to each other. Nonstop flights between Pohang Airport and Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport would be very impractical for the airlines, because only a lightly loaded Boeing 777-200LR would be able to make the trip. Since airlines need to be able to take as many people and cargo as possible in order to make a profit, the odds of ever seeing a nonstop flight between KPO and MVD are slim to none. However, you'll still be able to get from Pohang, South Korea and Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay by taking some connecting flights!

Did you know that one full circling of the Earth (measuring from the equator) is about 24,901.5 miles (or 40,075 kilometers), which means if you were 12,450 miles from any given point on the planet, the distance back to your starting point would be about the same -- in any direction! The same can be said for a nonstop flight between KPO and MVD!

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Facts about Pohang Airport (KPO):

• Pohang Airport handled 255,227 passengers last year.
• 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.
• 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.
• The 802nd Battalion returned to Pohang on 27 September finding the airfield relatively undamaged.
• 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".
• The closest airport to Pohang Airport (KPO) is Daegu International Airport (TAE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) W of KPO.
• In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for USAF operations.

Facts about Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD):

• Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) has 3 runways.
• In addition to being known as "Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport", another name for MVD is "Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso".
• Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport handled 1,913,734 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) is Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport (PDP), which is located 53 miles (85 kilometers) E of MVD.
• On 3 February 2007, construction began on a new and modern terminal that is located parallel to Runway 06/24.
• The Oficina de Investigación y Prevención de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación of the National Civil Aviation and Aviation Infrastructure Direction has its head office on the airport property.
• Because of Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport's relatively low elevation of 105 feet, planes can take off or land at Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso 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 furthest airport from Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD) is Mokpo Airport (MPK), which is nearly antipodal to Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (meaning Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mokpo Airport), and is located 12,300 miles (19,795 kilometers) away in Mokpo, South Korea.