Nonstop flight route between Pardubice, Czech Republic and Tampa, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pardubice Airport (PED), Pardubice, Czech Republic and Tampa International Airport (TPA), Tampa, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,104 miles (or 8,214 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 Pardubice Airport and Tampa 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 Pardubice Airport and Tampa International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pardubice Airport (PED):

• The first flying club in the Czech lands was founded in Pardubice on 26 April 1911.
• In addition to being known as "Pardubice Airport", another name for PED is "Letiště Pardubice".
• Because of Pardubice Airport's relatively low elevation of 741 feet, planes can take off or land at Pardubice 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 Pardubice Airport (PED) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) WNW of PED.
• In 2007 the airport handled a peak of 93,659 of passengers and 888 tonnes of cargo.
• Pardubice Airport handled 125 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Pardubice Airport (PED) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,721 miles (18,862 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Pardubice Airport (PED) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Tampa International Airport (TPA):

• Today, TPA Airport handles about 16.6 million passengers per year) and improvements currently in progress will increase capacity to 25-million passengers a year.
• The airport's people mover system was the first such system in the world.
• There has been a propensity in local Tampa Bay area news media outlets and other business and governmental entities in the Tampa Bay region outside of the professional aviation community to refer to the airport as "TIA" versus the airport's actual airport code of "TPA" in either reporting or reference.
• The closest airport to Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Peter O. Knight Airport (TPF), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) SE of TPA.
• On July 15, 1972 the 227-foot tall Air Traffic Control Tower opened, the tallest in the United States.
• Trans Canada Airlines inaugurated international flights in 1950 and Drew Field was renamed Tampa International Airport.
• Tampa International Airport (TPA) has 3 runways.
• The United States Army Air Corps began negotiating for the use Drew Field in 1939 during the buildup of military forces prior to World War II.
• The furthest airport from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,435 miles (18,403 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Tampa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tampa 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.