Nonstop flight route between Obo, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Obo Airport (OBX), Obo, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,253 miles (or 14,892 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 Obo Airport and Pope Field, 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 Obo Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Obo Airport (OBX):

• The closest airport to Obo Airport (OBX) is Aiambak Airport (AIH), which is located only 18 miles (28 kilometers) NNW of OBX.
• In addition to being known as "Obo Airport", another name for OBX is "AYOB".
• The furthest airport from Obo Airport (OBX) is Parnaíba–Prefeito Dr. João Silva Filho International Airport (PHB), which is located 11,682 miles (18,801 kilometers) away in Parnaiba, Piaui, Brazil.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
• On December 1, 1974 the Military Airlift Command took responsibility for tactical airlift and assumed command of Pope with all of its assigned units.
• During its time at Pope, a major period of facility expansion occurred.
• The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.