Nonstop flight route between Parakou, Benin and Portland, Oregon, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Parakou Airport (PKO), Parakou, Benin and Portland International Airport (PDX), Portland, Oregon, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,350 miles (or 11,828 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 Parakou Airport and Portland International 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 Parakou Airport and Portland International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PKO / DBBP |
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Location: | Parakou, Benin |
GPS Coordinates: | 9°21'25"N by 2°36'33"E |
Area Served: | Parakou |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1289 feet (393 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PKO |
More Information: | PKO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PDX / KPDX |
Airport Name: | Portland International Airport |
Location: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 45°35'18"N by 122°35'50"W |
Area Served: | Portland metropolitan area |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 30 feet (9 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from PDX |
More Information: | PDX Maps & Info |
Facts about Parakou Airport (PKO):
- Parakou Airport (PKO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Parakou Airport (PKO) is Funafuti International Airport (FUN), which is nearly antipodal to Parakou Airport (meaning Parakou Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Funafuti International Airport), and is located 12,197 miles (19,629 kilometers) away in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
- The closest airport to Parakou Airport (PKO) is Djougou Airport (DJA), which is located 70 miles (113 kilometers) WNW of PKO.
- In addition to being known as "Parakou Airport", another name for PKO is "Parakou Airport (Parakou)".
Facts about Portland International Airport (PDX):
- The closest airport to Portland International Airport (PDX) is Portland-Troutdale Airport (TTD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) ESE of PDX.
- Plans made in 1968 to add a third runway by means of filling in parts of the Columbia River were met with vocal public opposition and scrapped.
- The furthest airport from Portland International Airport (PDX) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,903 miles (17,546 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
- Swan Island Airport was officially named Portland Airport until the opening of the new airport.
- Delta Air Lines used Portland as a gateway in the 1990s for extensive service to Asia with its MD-11 aircraft, until the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
- Portland International Airport (PDX) has 3 runways.
- During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.
- Portland International Airport handled 1,502,956 passengers last year.
- Because of Portland International Airport's relatively low elevation of 30 feet, planes can take off or land at Portland 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 international section of Concourse D was renamed the Governor Victor G.