Nonstop flight route between Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States and Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Trent Lott International Airport (PGL), Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States and Corvo Airport (CVU), Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,253 miles (or 5,235 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 Trent Lott International Airport and Corvo 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 Trent Lott International Airport and Corvo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Trent Lott International Airport (PGL):

• Trent Lott International Airport covers an area of 906 acres and has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt pavement measuring 6,500 x 100 ft.
• Because of Trent Lott International Airport's relatively low elevation of 17 feet, planes can take off or land at Trent Lott 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 airport offers flight lessons as well as parachuting/skydiving lessons.
• In addition to being known as "Trent Lott International Airport", another name for PGL is "PQL".
• The furthest airport from Trent Lott International Airport (PGL) is Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK), which is located 11,128 miles (17,909 kilometers) away in Cocos Islands, Australia.
• Trent Lott International Airport (PGL) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Trent Lott International Airport (PGL) is Mobile Regional Airport (MOB), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) NE of PGL.

Facts about Corvo Airport (CVU):

• Corvo Airport handled 3,839 passengers last year.
• SATA, the airport's manager, launched a competition to remodel and expand the aerodrome on 13 August 2013, that includes improvements to security, passenger comfort and inter-island travel.
• The closest airport to Corvo Airport (CVU) is Flores Airport (FLW), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) S of CVU.
• In addition to being known as "Corvo Airport", another name for CVU is "Aeródromo de Corvo".
• Corvo Airport (CVU) currently has only 1 runway.
• Corvo Airport is an airport in the village of Vila do Corvo on the island of Corvo, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
• The furthest airport from Corvo Airport (CVU) is Flinders Island Airport (FLS), which is nearly antipodal to Corvo Airport (meaning Corvo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Flinders Island Airport), and is located 12,381 miles (19,926 kilometers) away in Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia.
• Because of Corvo Airport's relatively low elevation of 62 feet, planes can take off or land at Corvo 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.