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

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 Milan Linate Airport (LIN), Milan, Italy would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,961 miles (or 7,984 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 Milan Linate 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 Milan Linate 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):

• 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 is located on the west shoreline of Tampa Bay, six miles north of St.
• After World War II, the airport property was returned to Pinellas County by the U.S.
• 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.
• With the advent of the Jet age, the airport's runway was extended northward into Tampa Bay and the first commercial jet service to PIE was operated by Northwest.
• St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) has 4 runways.
• 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.
• The airport includes a 24-hour airport rescue and fire-fighting department, facilities, operations, engineering, security, and administrative personnel.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Milan Linate Airport (LIN):

• The furthest airport from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Milan Linate Airport (meaning Milan Linate Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,133 miles (19,526 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) is Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NE of LIN.
• Milan Linate Airport (LIN) has 2 runways.
• Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo.
• Linate Airport is the second major airport of Milan, Italy, along with Malpensa Airport.
• Milan Linate Airport handled 9,229,890 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Milan Linate Airport", another name for LIN is "Aeroporto di Milano-Linate".