Nonstop flight route between Manchester, New Hampshire, United States and Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991):

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT), Manchester, New Hampshire, United States and Pulkovo Airport (LED), Saint Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad between 1924 and 1991) would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,081 miles (or 6,568 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 Manchester–Boston Regional Airport and Pulkovo 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 Manchester–Boston Regional Airport and Pulkovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT):

• From November 13, 2006, to June 30, 2008, the airport operated a shuttle bus — free to ticketed passengers — that ran every two hours, 24 hours a day, to the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn, Massachusetts, on to the Sullivan Square subway station in Boston, and back to the airport via Woburn.
• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport handled 2,814,125 passengers last year.
• In the early 1990s, United Airlines began flights between Manchester and Washington Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C.
• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) is Nashua Airport (ASH), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) SSW of MHT.
• The Manchester airport was founded in June 1927, when the city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen put $15,000 towards the project.
• The furthest airport from Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,722 miles (18,864 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Manchester–Boston Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Manchester–Boston Regional 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 facility was known simply as "Manchester Airport" until April 18, 2006, when it added "-Boston Regional" to advertise its proximity to Boston, about 50 miles to the south.
• Founded in 1927, it moved more than 1 million passengers in a year for the first time in 1997.

Facts about Pulkovo Airport (LED):

• In addition to being known as "Pulkovo Airport", another name for LED is "Аэропо́рт Пу́лково".
• The closest airport to Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Rzhevka Airport (RVH), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NE of LED.
• Pulkovo Airport handled 12,854,366 passengers last year.
• The field's IATA code of "LED" derives from the city's previous name, Leningrad.
• In the near term, Pulkovo strategically focuses on its master plan until 2025 that calls for massive modernization of the entire airport infrastructure.
• Because of Pulkovo Airport's relatively low elevation of 79 feet, planes can take off or land at Pulkovo 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 Pulkovo Airport (LED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,868 miles (17,491 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• In 1951 the airport terminal was redesigned to handle larger aircraft.
• During the Second World War the airport was the frontline in the Nazi Siege of Leningrad.
• Pulkovo Airport (LED) has 2 runways.