Nonstop flight route between Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States and Porto, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY), Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States and Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO), Porto, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,142 miles (or 5,056 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 Marthas Vineyard Airport and Francisco Sá Carneiro 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 Marthas Vineyard Airport and Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY):

• The closest airport to Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY) is Otis Air National Guard Base Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (FMH), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NNE of MVY.
• The furthest airport from Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,834 miles (19,045 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Marthas Vineyard Airport (MVY) has 2 runways.
• Because of Marthas Vineyard Airport's relatively low elevation of 67 feet, planes can take off or land at Marthas Vineyard 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 airfield was built in 1942 as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Martha's Vineyard to support training of naval aviators prior to their deployment to aircraft carriers in the Pacific Theater.
• The new terminal building, constructed in 2001, replaced an older wooden structure that was the original base operations building.

Facts about Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO):

• The airport is served by Line E of the Porto Metro.
• Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport's relatively low elevation of 226 feet, planes can take off or land at Francisco Sá Carneiro 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.
• Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport handled 6,050,094 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport", another name for OPO is "Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro".
• The closest airport to Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) is Braga Airport (BGZ), which is located 27 miles (44 kilometers) NNE of OPO.
• On 25 February 2008, Airports Council International announced that according to its 2007 Airport Service Quality Survey, Porto placed first overall in Europe for service and placed fourth among airports worldwide having fewer than 5 million passengers.
• The furthest airport from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) is Westport Airport (WSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (meaning Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Westport Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,955 kilometers) away in Westport, New Zealand.
• In 2007, the airport was voted the Best Airport in Europe in the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International.