Nonstop flight route between Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB), Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,715 miles (or 7,587 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 Lauro Kurtz Airport and Pope Field, 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 Lauro Kurtz Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | PFB / SBPF |
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| Location: | Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| GPS Coordinates: | 28°14'43"S by 52°19'42"W |
| Area Served: | Passo Fundo |
| Operator/Owner: | DAP |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 2376 feet (724 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from PFB |
| More Information: | PFB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POB / KPOB |
| Airport Name: | Pope Field |
| Location: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°10'14"N by 79°0'51"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from POB |
| More Information: | POB Maps & Info |
Facts about Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB):
- The furthest airport from Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Lauro Kurtz Airport (meaning Lauro Kurtz Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,331 miles (19,845 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
- Lauro Kurtz Airport is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil.
- In addition to being known as "Lauro Kurtz Airport", another name for PFB is "Aeroporto Lauro Kurtz".
- The airport was renovated in 2007.
- Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Lauro Kurtz Airport (PFB) is Erechim Airport (ERM), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) N of PFB.
Facts about Pope Field (POB):
- The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
- During the Vietnam War, Pope was the destination for the bodies of servicemen killed in Southeast Asia.
- The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
- Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
- In 1918, Congress established Camp Bragg, an Army field artillery site named for the Confederate General Braxton Bragg.
- The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
