Nonstop flight route between Pocatello, Idaho, United States and Ghat, Libya:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH), Pocatello, Idaho, United States and Ghat Airport (GHT), Ghat, Libya would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,493 miles (or 10,449 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 Pocatello Regional Airport and Ghat 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 Pocatello Regional Airport and Ghat Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH):

• Pocatello Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located seven nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Pocatello, a city in Power County, Idaho, United States.
• In the mid 1970s, Hughes Airwest served the airport with Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jetliners, according to the February 1, 1976 edition of the North American Official Airline Guide.
• In addition to being known as "Pocatello Regional Airport", another name for PIH is "(formerly Pocatello Army Airfield)".
• Because of Pocatello Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,452 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PIH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PIH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) is Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) NNE of PIH.
• The furthest airport from Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,820 miles (17,413 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 25,756 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 21,039 in 2009, and 20,825 in 2010.
• Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) has 2 runways.

Facts about Ghat Airport (GHT):

• The furthest airport from Ghat Airport (GHT) is Niue International Airport (IUE), which is nearly antipodal to Ghat Airport (meaning Ghat Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Niue International Airport), and is located 12,018 miles (19,341 kilometers) away in Alofi, Niue.
• The closest airport to Ghat Airport (GHT) is Djanet Tiska Airport (DJG), which is located 73 miles (118 kilometers) SW of GHT.
• Because of Ghat Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Ghat 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.