Nonstop flight route between Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Yakutat, Alaska, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP), Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Yakutat Airport (YAK), Yakutat, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,328 miles (or 6,965 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport and Yakutat 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 Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport and Yakutat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PAP / MTPP |
| Airport Name: | Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport |
| Location: | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| GPS Coordinates: | 18°34'47"N by 72°17'33"W |
| Area Served: | Port-au-Prince |
| Operator/Owner: | Office National de l'Aviation Civile |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 109 feet (33 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PAP |
| More Information: | PAP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAK / PAYA |
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| Location: | Yakutat, Alaska, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 59°30'11"N by 139°39'37"W |
| Area Served: | Yakutat, Alaska |
| Operator/Owner: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YAK |
| More Information: | YAK Maps & Info |
Facts about Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP):
- Currently, international passengers are transported by bus to a warehouse near the terminal where they go through customs and immigration processing.
- The closest airport to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is Jacmel Airport (JAK), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) SSW of PAP.
- Because of Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport's relatively low elevation of 109 feet, planes can take off or land at Toussaint L'Ouverture 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 furthest airport from Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is located 11,953 miles (19,236 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- The main building of the airport works as the International Terminal.
- Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport is to be re-designed completely by the year 2015.
- As of July 2011, Toussaint Louverture serves as operating hub for scheduled domestic airlines Salsa d'Haiti and Tortug' Air.
Facts about Yakutat Airport (YAK):
- The furthest airport from Yakutat Airport (YAK) is Port Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ), which is located 10,551 miles (16,979 kilometers) away in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
- Yakutat Airport (YAK) has 2 runways.
- Because of Yakutat Airport's relatively low elevation of 33 feet, planes can take off or land at Yakutat 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 closest airport to Yakutat Airport (YAK) is Icy Bay Airport (ICY), which is located 77 miles (124 kilometers) WNW of YAK.
- In addition to being known as "Yakutat Airport", another name for YAK is "Yakutat Army Airfield".
