Nonstop flight route between Cold Bay, Alaska, United States and Loei, Thailand:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Port Moller Airport (PML), Cold Bay, Alaska, United States and Loei Airport (LOE), Loei, Thailand would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,515 miles (or 8,875 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 Port Moller Airport and Loei 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 Port Moller Airport and Loei Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PML / PAAL |
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Location: | Cold Bay, Alaska, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 56°0'21"N by 160°33'38"W |
Area Served: | Port Moller |
Operator/Owner: | U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management |
Airport Type: | Private |
Elevation: | 20 feet (6 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from PML |
More Information: | PML Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LOE / VTUL |
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Location: | Loei, Thailand |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°26'21"N by 101°43'18"E |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 860 feet (262 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from LOE |
More Information: | LOE Maps & Info |
Facts about Port Moller Airport (PML):
- Because of Port Moller Airport's relatively low elevation of 20 feet, planes can take off or land at Port Moller 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.
- In addition to being known as "Port Moller Airport", other names for PML include "Port Moller Air Force Station" and "1AK3".
- The closest airport to Port Moller Airport (PML) is Nelson Lagoon Airport (NLG), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) W of PML.
- The furthest airport from Port Moller Airport (PML) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,914 miles (17,564 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.
- The airport was built in 1958 to support Port Moller Air Force Station, a Cold War United States Air Force Distant Early Warning Line radar station.
- Port Moller Airport (PML) currently has only 1 runway.
- Port Moller Airport is a publicly owned, private-use airport located 87 nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Cold Bay, in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S.
Facts about Loei Airport (LOE):
- The closest airport to Loei Airport (LOE) is Phetchabun Airport (PHY), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of LOE.
- Loei Airport (LOE) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Loei Airport", another name for LOE is "ท่าอากาศยานเลย".
- The furthest airport from Loei Airport (LOE) is Maria Reiche Neuman Airport (NZC), which is nearly antipodal to Loei Airport (meaning Loei Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maria Reiche Neuman Airport), and is located 12,153 miles (19,559 kilometers) away in Nazca, Ica Region, Peru.
- Because of Loei Airport's relatively low elevation of 860 feet, planes can take off or land at Loei 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.