Nonstop flight route between Mongo, Chad and Portland, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mongo Airport (MVO), Mongo, Chad and Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,590 miles (or 8,996 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 Mongo Airport and Portland International Jetport, 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 Mongo Airport and Portland International Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Mongo Airport (MVO):

• In addition to being known as "Mongo Airport", another name for MVO is "Mongo Airport (Mongo)".
• The closest airport to Mongo Airport (MVO) is Abou-Deïa Airport (AOD), which is located 64 miles (102 kilometers) SE of MVO.
• The furthest airport from Mongo Airport (MVO) is Manihiki Island Airport (MHX), which is nearly antipodal to Mongo Airport (meaning Mongo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Manihiki Island Airport), and is located 12,311 miles (19,813 kilometers) away in Manihiki Island, Cook Islands.
• Mongo Airport (MVO) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Portland International Jetport (PWM):

• In 1981 Air New England ceased operations and pulled out of the Jetport after 11 years.
• Some service began to return as the industry's economics improved in 2005 and 2006.
• The closest airport to Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NE of PWM.
• Because of Portland International Jetport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International Jetport 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.
• Jet flights began in 1968, and for the first time Portland got a nonstop beyond Boston when Northeast DC-9s flew to La Guardia.
• Peoplexpress Airlines arrived in 1983, the first jet competitor to Northeast/Delta at PWM.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• That same year, regional Ransome Airlines, doing business as Delta Connection, began a route between Portland and Boston.
• Portland International Jetport (PWM) has 2 runways.