Nonstop flight route between Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Cotonou, Benin:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Findlay (near Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States and Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO), Cotonou, Benin would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,546 miles (or 8,926 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Cotonou Cadjehoun 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 Pittsburgh International Airport and Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT):

• The first five airlines of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport were TWA, Capital Airlines, Northwest, All American, and Eastern Airlines.
• PIT is the second busiest passenger airport in Pennsylvania and 47th-busiest in the United States, serving 8,041,357 passengers in 2012.
• From the 1960s to about 1985, Trans World Airlines had a hub at Pittsburgh.
• The 1956 airport diagram shows runway 10/28 7500 ft, 5/23 5766 ft and 14/32 5965 ft.
• The furthest airport from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,481 miles (18,477 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport has 75 gates on four Concourses, however only 62 gates are currently available for use.
• Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has 4 runways.
• The closest airport to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is Forbes Field (FOE), which is located only 15 miles (24 kilometers) ESE of PIT.
• Aside from commercial flights, other resources in and around the airport have been developed in recent years.

Facts about Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO):

• Because of Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport's relatively low elevation of 19 feet, planes can take off or land at Cotonou Cadjehoun 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.
• Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO) is Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS), which is located 66 miles (106 kilometers) ENE of COO.
• The furthest airport from Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (meaning Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,172 miles (19,589 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
• In 2004, the airport served 301,493 passengers.