Nonstop flight route between Pinellas County, Florida (near St. Petersburg and Clearwater), United States and Astrakhan, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE), Pinellas County, Florida (near St. Petersburg and Clearwater), United States and Narimanovo Airport (ASF), Astrakhan, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,456 miles (or 10,389 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 St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport and Narimanovo 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 St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport and Narimanovo Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE):

• Construction of the airport at its present site started in March 1941.
• In the 1950s some airlines provided service to both PIE and TPA, such as Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines and Northwest Airlines.
• Because of St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Pete–Clearwater 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 furthest airport from St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,426 miles (18,388 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of its lesser pace of operations, PIE is frequently used instead of TPA as a destination airport by pilots of private planes and executive jets for access to the Tampa Bay Area.
• The airport uses "Tampa Bay The Easy Way" as an advertising slogan and Fly2PIE in reference to its three-letter IATA and FAA codes.
• The closest airport to St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is Clearwater Air Park (CLW), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) NW of PIE.
• The airport includes a 24-hour airport rescue and fire-fighting department, facilities, operations, engineering, security, and administrative personnel.
• St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) has 4 runways.

Facts about Narimanovo Airport (ASF):

• Because of Narimanovo Airport's relatively low elevation of -65 feet, planes can take off or land at Narimanovo 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.
• Narimanovo Airport (ASF) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Narimanovo Airport (ASF) is Elista International Airport (ESL), which is located 175 miles (282 kilometers) W of ASF.
• The furthest airport from Narimanovo Airport (ASF) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 10,826 miles (17,422 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• In addition to being known as "Narimanovo Airport", another name for ASF is "Аэропорт Нариманово".