Nonstop flight route between Piura, Peru and Portland, Maine, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), Piura, Peru and Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,436 miles (or 5,529 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Portland International Jetport, 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 Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport and Portland International Jetport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU):

• The closest airport to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL), which is located 61 miles (99 kilometers) NW of PIU.
• Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) is Penang International Airport (PEN), which is nearly antipodal to Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (meaning Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Penang International Airport), and is located 12,375 miles (19,916 kilometers) away in Penang, Malaysia.
• Because of Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport's relatively low elevation of 174 feet, planes can take off or land at Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico 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.

Facts about Portland International Jetport (PWM):

• Boston-Maine Airways had a monopoly on passenger air travel at Portland, which continued after the airline was renamed Northeast Airlines.
• In June 1983 United Airlines arrived in Portland, planning to be the only airline to serve 50 states.
• The closest airport to Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Naval Air Station Brunswick (NHZ), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) NE of PWM.
• The furthest airport from Portland International Jetport (PWM) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,705 miles (18,838 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Jet flights began in 1968, and for the first time Portland got a nonstop beyond Boston when Northeast DC-9s flew to La Guardia.
• That same year, regional Ransome Airlines, doing business as Delta Connection, began a route between Portland and Boston.
• 1987 saw the arrival of Continental Airlines, when the airline bought PEOPLExpress and took over their routes.
• The present airport started to take shape in the 1950s.
• Portland International Jetport (PWM) has 2 runways.
• On June 7, 2007 AirTran Airways began seasonal service to Baltimore-Washington, and to Orlando, Florida.
• Because of Portland International Jetport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland International Jetport 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.