Nonstop flight route between Portland, Oregon, United States and Mao, Chad:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States and Mao Airport (AMO), Mao, Chad would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,546 miles (or 12,143 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 Portland International Airport and Mao 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 Portland International Airport and Mao Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):

• A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility.
• In 2012, PDX handled 14,390,784 passengers and had non-stop commercial air service to 17 of the 18 most populated US Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
• Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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 Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• PDX has a shopping mall behind its ticketing counters, with all shops and restaurants open every day.
• The main terminal consists of one building roughly "H"-shaped and is divided into five concourses.
• An expanded parking garage, new control tower, and canopy over the curbside were finished in the late 1990s.
• The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
• Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
• In 1966 PDX had nonstop flights to SLC, DEN, ORD and no other cities farther east than Boise.
• Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.

Facts about Mao Airport (AMO):

• The furthest airport from Mao Airport (AMO) is Fitiuta Airport (FTI), which is nearly antipodal to Mao Airport (meaning Mao Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Fitiuta Airport), and is located 12,119 miles (19,504 kilometers) away in Fiti‘uta, American Samoa, United States.
• The closest airport to Mao Airport (AMO) is Bol-Berim Airport (OTC), which is located 62 miles (100 kilometers) SW of AMO.
• In addition to being known as "Mao Airport", another name for AMO is "Mao Airport (Mao)".
• Mao Airport (AMO) currently has only 1 runway.