Nonstop flight route between Minot, North Dakota, United States and Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Minot International Airport (MOT), Minot, North Dakota, United States and Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM), Zanderij (near Paramaribo), Suriname would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,004 miles (or 6,445 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 Minot International Airport and Johan Adolf Pengel 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 Minot International Airport and Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Minot International Airport (MOT):

• Minot International's current situation and forecasted growth over the next twenty years warranted a study to identify alternatives to deal with that growth.
• Minot International Airport covers 1,430 acres at an elevation of 1,716 feet.
• Minot's growth in population and economy, along with the enormous influx of workers and residents due to the oil boom in western North Dakota, have increased passenger numbers at Minot International Airport tremendously.
• Customs service is available for aircraft arriving from Canada and other countries.
• The closest airport to Minot International Airport (MOT) is Minot Air Force Base (MIB), which is located only 12 miles (19 kilometers) NNW of MOT.
• The furthest airport from Minot International Airport (MOT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,326 miles (16,619 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Minot International Airport (MOT) has 2 runways.

Facts about Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM):

• With the United States entry into the war in December 1941, the importance of Zandery Field increased drastically, becoming a major transport base on the South Atlantic route of Air Transport Command ferrying supplies and personnel to Freetown Airport, Sierra Leone and onwards to the European and African theaters of the war.
• The closest airport to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Zorg en Hoop Airport (ORG), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) N of PBM.
• Prior to World War II, Zandery Airport was a Pan American World Airways stop.
• Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Johan Adolf Pengel 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 intensive flying of the first two months of the war soon took its toll, however, and by the end of February 1942, the Squadron was forced to report that it had but three B-18A's operational at Zandery and that "....
• The furthest airport from Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) is Betoambari Airport (BUW), which is nearly antipodal to Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (meaning Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Betoambari Airport), and is located 12,282 miles (19,767 kilometers) away in Bau-Bau, Buton, Indonesia.