Nonstop flight route between Portland, Oregon, United States and Santiago, Dominican Republic:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States and Cibao International Airport (STI), Santiago, Dominican Republic would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,450 miles (or 5,551 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 Cibao International 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 Cibao International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDX / KPDX |
| Airport Name: | Portland International Airport |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 45°35'18"N by 122°35'50"W |
| Area Served: | Portland metropolitan area |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 3 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PDX |
| More Information: | PDX Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | STI / MDST |
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| Location: | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| GPS Coordinates: | 19°24'21"N by 70°36'16"W |
| Area Served: | Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Operator/Owner: | City of Santiago |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 565 feet (172 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from STI |
| More Information: | STI Maps & Info |
Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):
- 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.
- In 1948 the entire airport grounds were flooded during the Vanport Flood, forcing scheduled airline services to reroute to nearby Troutdale Airport.
- Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
- By the 1980s, the terminal building began an extensive renovation in order to update PDX to meet future needs.
- Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
- The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
- 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.
- In the 1980s Air California had nonstop flights to Seattle, Reno and the Bay Area.
- The main terminal consists of one building roughly "H"-shaped and is divided into five concourses.
Facts about Cibao International Airport (STI):
- Runway 11/29 is one of the most modern runways in the country.
- Seaborne Airlines is operating 2 daily flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico using the Saab 340B.
- Air Turks and Caicos, flag carrier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, designates Santiago as their major international focus city, operating more than ten flights a week, in high season, to Providenciales and Grand Turk.
- Cibao International Airport handled 1,092,229 passengers last year.
- In May 2002 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas made the first direct flight from Santiago to JFK Airport in New York City.
- Because of Cibao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 565 feet, planes can take off or land at Cibao 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 closest airport to Cibao International Airport (STI) is Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of STI.
- The furthest airport from Cibao International Airport (STI) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Cibao International Airport (meaning Cibao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia.
- In June, 2008, Continental Airlines announced the discontinuation of their services to Santiago until September 3.
- Cibao International Airport (STI) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Cibao International Airport", another name for STI is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao".
- The construction of the airport began on February 15, 2000 and was finished in 2002.
