Nonstop flight route between Petrozavodsk, Russia and Dayton, Ohio, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Petrozavodsk Airport (PES), Petrozavodsk, Russia and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO), Dayton, Ohio, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,616 miles (or 7,429 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 Petrozavodsk Airport and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 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 Petrozavodsk Airport and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Petrozavodsk Airport (PES):

• Petrozavodsk Airport (PES) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Petrozavodsk Airport's relatively low elevation of 151 feet, planes can take off or land at Petrozavodsk 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 Petrozavodsk Airport (PES) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 10,681 miles (17,189 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Petrozavodsk Airport (PES) is Kitee Airfield (KTQ), which is located 134 miles (215 kilometers) W of PES.
• In addition to being known as "Petrozavodsk Airport", other names for PES include "Petroskoin Lendoazema" and "Аэропорт Петрозаводск".

Facts about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO):

• Headquarters, Air Engineering Development Division, was at WPAFB from 1 January 1950 to 14 November 1950, followed by the Air Research and Development Command from 16 November 1950 to 24 Jane 1951.
• The Base had a total of 27,406 military, civilian and contract employees that work for the base in 2010.
• The furthest airport from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,306 miles (18,195 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• In the fall of 1942, the first twelve "Air Force" officers to receive ATI field collection training were assigned to Wright Field for training in the technical aspects of "crash" intelligence The first German and Japanese aircraft arrived in 1943, and captured equipment soon filled six buildings, a large outdoor storage area, and part of a flight-line hangar for Technical Data Lab study.
• Aircraft operations on land now part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base began in 1904–1905 when Wilbur and Orville Wright used an 84-acre plot of Huffman Prairie for experimental test flights with the Wright Flyer III.
• The area's World War II Army Air Fields had employment increase from approximately 3,700 in December 1939 to over 50,000 at the war's peak.
• In addition to being known as "Wright-Patterson Air Force Base", another name for FFO is "Wright-Patterson AFB".
• The closest airport to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (FFO) is James M. Cox Dayton International Airport (DAY), which is located only 11 miles (17 kilometers) WNW of FFO.