Nonstop flight route between West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Forks, Washington, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), West Palm Beach, Florida, United States and Quillayute Airport (UIL), Forks, Washington, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,797 miles (or 4,502 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 Palm Beach International Airport and Quillayute 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 Palm Beach International Airport and Quillayute Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Palm Beach International Airport (PBI):

• Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) has 3 runways.
• Palm Beach International Airport handled 5,609,168 passengers last year.
• In October 1966 an eight-gate Main Terminal opened on the northeast side of the airport.
• A new 240-foot Airport Traffic Control tower is currently active on the north side of the airport along with a single-story, 9,000-square-foot ATBM Base Building.
• Donald Trump sued to block the expansion of one of the runways at PBIA.
• Because of Palm Beach International Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Palm Beach 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.
• Delta Air Lines began scheduled flights in 1959 and Capital Airlines in 1960.
• The furthest airport from Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,588 miles (18,650 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• The closest airport to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) S of PBI.
• 2013 – 5,691,7472012 – 5,609,1682011 – 5,769,5832010 – 5,887,7232009 – 5,994,6062008 – 6,476,3032007 – 6,936,4492006 – 6,824,7892005 – 7,014,237

Facts about Quillayute Airport (UIL):

• Because of Quillayute Airport's relatively low elevation of 194 feet, planes can take off or land at Quillayute 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 Quillayute Airport (UIL) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,788 miles (17,362 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• Quillayute Airport, formerly known as Quillayute State Airport, is a public airport located approximately 10 miles west of the city of Forks, in Clallam County, Washington, United States.
• The closest airport to Quillayute Airport (UIL) is William R. Fairchild International AirportPort Angeles Army Airfield (CLM), which is located 51 miles (82 kilometers) ENE of UIL.
• Quillayute Airport (UIL) currently has only 1 runway.