Nonstop flight route between Foley, Alabama, United States and Pico Island, Azores, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between NOLF Barin (NHX), Foley, Alabama, United States and Pico Airport (PIX), Pico Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,361 miles (or 5,409 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 NOLF Barin and Pico 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 NOLF Barin and Pico Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about NOLF Barin (NHX):

• In addition to being known as "NOLF Barin", another name for NHX is "NBJ".
• The furthest airport from NOLF Barin (NHX) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,147 miles (17,940 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• NOLF Barin (NHX) has 2 runways.
• Because of NOLF Barin's relatively low elevation of 54 feet, planes can take off or land at NOLF Barin 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 NOLF Barin (NHX) is Jack Edwards Airport (GUF), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SSW of NHX.

Facts about Pico Airport (PIX):

• The closest airport to Pico Airport (PIX) is Horta International Airport (HOR), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) W of PIX.
• The furthest airport from Pico Airport (PIX) is Merimbula Airport (MIM), which is nearly antipodal to Pico Airport (meaning Pico Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Merimbula Airport), and is located 12,291 miles (19,781 kilometers) away in Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.
• In addition to being known as "Pico Airport", another name for PIX is "Aeroporto do Pico".
• Managed by SATA Gestão de Aeródromos, it has an 1,754 metres operational runway, with a width of 45 metres.
• Pico Airport is an airport located 8 km from Madalena on the Portuguese island of Pico in the archipelago of the Azores.
• On April 2005, Pico received its first intercontinental flight, a direct flight from Lisbon.
• Because of Pico Airport's relatively low elevation of 112 feet, planes can take off or land at Pico 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.
• In 1990, with the arrival of new ATP aircraft for SATA Air Açores' fleet, the decision was taken to extend the runway, to improve operations with this type of aircraft.
• Pico Airport (PIX) currently has only 1 runway.