Nonstop flight route between Pohang, South Korea and Tin City, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pohang Airport (KPO), Pohang, South Korea and Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC), Tin City, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,211 miles (or 5,167 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 Tin City LRRS 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 Tin City LRRS 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 802nd Battalion returned to Pohang on 27 September finding the airfield relatively undamaged.
• Pohang Airport (KPO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Pohang Airport handled 255,227 passengers last year.
• In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for USAF operations.
• In addition to being known as "Pohang Airport", other names for KPO include "포항공항 浦項空港", "Pohang Gonghang" and "P'ohang Konghang".
• Pohang Airport is an airport in Pohang, South Korea.
• 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.
• 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 closest airport to Pohang Airport (KPO) is Daegu International Airport (TAE), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) W of KPO.

Facts about Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC):

• Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Wales Airport (WAA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NW of TNC.
• It is not staffed by any support personnel, and is not open to the public.
• Because of Tin City LRRS Airport's relatively low elevation of 269 feet, planes can take off or land at Tin City LRRS 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 Tin City LRRS Airport (TNC) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 10,379 miles (16,703 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.