Nonstop flight route between Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Pocatello, Idaho, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Salgado Filho International Airport (POA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH), Pocatello, Idaho, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,365 miles (or 10,243 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 Salgado Filho International Airport and Pocatello Regional 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 Salgado Filho International Airport and Pocatello Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | POA / SBPA |
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Location: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 29°59'38"S by 51°10'15"W |
Area Served: | Porto Alegre |
Operator/Owner: | Infraero |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 11 feet (3 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from POA |
More Information: | POA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PIH / KPIH |
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Location: | Pocatello, Idaho, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 42°54'34"N by 112°35'44"W |
Area Served: | Pocatello, Idaho |
Operator/Owner: | City of Pocatello |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4452 feet (1,357 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PIH |
More Information: | PIH Maps & Info |
Facts about Salgado Filho International Airport (POA):
- Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Salgado Filho International Airport", another name for POA is "Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho".
- The closest airport to Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Diomício Freitas/Forquilhinha Airport (CCM), which is located 137 miles (221 kilometers) NE of POA.
- Salgado Filho was originally called São João Federal Airport, after the neighborhood where it is located.
- Because of Salgado Filho International Airport's relatively low elevation of 11 feet, planes can take off or land at Salgado Filho 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.
- In 1932, needing a facility to use its aircraft with landing-gear which were replacing its seaplanes, Varig started using São João Airport as its operational base.
- The bus line T5 link Terminal 1 - International Airport to the city of Porto Alegre.
- However, in order to cope with the increasing passenger traffic at the airport, on September 8, 2010 a decision was made to renovate Terminal 2 and bring it back into passenger use.
- The furthest airport from Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is Yakushima Airport (KUM), which is nearly antipodal to Salgado Filho International Airport (meaning Salgado Filho International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Yakushima Airport), and is located 12,324 miles (19,834 kilometers) away in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
- Terminals 1 and 2 have taxi services.
Facts about Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH):
- Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) is Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA), which is located 49 miles (79 kilometers) NNE of PIH.
- In addition to being known as "Pocatello Regional Airport", another name for PIH is "(formerly Pocatello Army Airfield)".
- The furthest airport from Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,820 miles (17,413 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- Western Air Lines served Pocatello for a number of years, but discontinued all service by 1980.
- Pocatello Regional Airport covers an area of 3,374 acres at an elevation of 4,452 feet above mean sea level.
- The airport is built on the site of the Pocatello Army Airfield, a World War II training base.
- Because of Pocatello Regional Airport's high elevation of 4,452 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PIH. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PIH a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- In 1949, it became surplus property and was obtained by the city of Pocatello to build a commercial airport.