Nonstop flight route between Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia and Puerto Montt, Chile:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU), Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia and El Tepual International Airport (PMC), Puerto Montt, Chile would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,585 miles (or 15,426 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 Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport and El Tepual 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 Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport and El Tepual International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU):

• Because of Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport's relatively low elevation of 104 feet, planes can take off or land at Sultan Syarif Kasim II 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.
• Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport handled 392,399 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU) is Pinang Kampai Airport (DUM), which is located 79 miles (128 kilometers) N of PKU.
• In addition to being known as "Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport", other names for PKU include "Bandar Udara Internasional Sultan Syarif Kasim II" and "بندر اودارا اينترنسيونل سلطان شريف قاسم ٢".
• The newly built airport has been equipped by some shopping outlets and venues such as souvenir stands, fashion store, F&B outlets, food court, grocery shops and many more.
• The airport is also a Type B airbase of the TNI-AU, homebase of the 12th Squadron, a shelter to some Hawk Mk.109s and Mk.209s.
• The furthest airport from Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU) is Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), which is nearly antipodal to Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (meaning Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mariscal Sucre International Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,971 kilometers) away in Quito, Ecuador.
• Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU) currently has only 1 runway.
• On 16 July 2012, a Rp 2 trillion new terminal has been opened to accommodate 1.5 million passengers a year and serve 8 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft and 2 Boeing 747 jumbo jets at the same time.

Facts about El Tepual International Airport (PMC):

• In addition to being known as "El Tepual International Airport", another name for PMC is "Aeropuerto Internacional El Tepual".
• Because of El Tepual International Airport's relatively low elevation of 294 feet, planes can take off or land at El Tepual 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.
• El Tepual International Airport handled 1,000,000 passengers last year.
• El Tepual International Airport (PMC) currently has only 1 runway.
• El Tepual is owned by a number of international companies, headed by Chile's IDC,or Administracion de Concesiones.
• The furthest airport from El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Wuhai Airport (WUA), which is nearly antipodal to El Tepual International Airport (meaning El Tepual International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Wuhai Airport), and is located 12,323 miles (19,832 kilometers) away in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China.
• The closest airport to El Tepual International Airport (PMC) is Frutillar Airport (FRT), which is located 21 miles (34 kilometers) N of PMC.
• In 2004, the IDC estimated that one million passengers passed through the airport's gates, making it Chile's second busiest.