Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Jamnagar, Gujurat, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Jamnagar Airport (JGA), Jamnagar, Gujurat, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,967 miles (or 12,822 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 Pope Field and Jamnagar 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 Pope Field and Jamnagar Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | POB / KPOB |
| Airport Name: | Pope Field |
| Location: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 35°10'14"N by 79°0'51"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from POB |
| More Information: | POB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | JGA / VAJM |
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| Location: | Jamnagar, Gujurat, India |
| GPS Coordinates: | 22°27'56"N by 70°0'45"E |
| Operator/Owner: | Airports Authority of India |
| Airport Type: | Military/Public |
| Elevation: | 69 feet (21 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from JGA |
| More Information: | JGA Maps & Info |
Facts about Pope Field (POB):
- The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
- The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
- In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
- During its time at Pope, a major period of facility expansion occurred.
- The United States Air Force 43d Airlift Group was activated at Pope on March 1, 2011.
- The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
- These changes led to Pope Air Force Base being transferred to the new Air Combat Command upon its activation on June 1, 1992.
- The drop zones, low-level routes, and dirt landing zones at Fort Bragg became familiar to many men bound for Southeast Asia.
Facts about Jamnagar Airport (JGA):
- On August 30, 2012, at around 12:30 pm IST two Mi-17 helicopters of the IAF collided with each other while carrying out formation flying and firing exercise.
- According to a survey conducted by GIDB, traffic at Jamnagar airport grew at 15% between 2003 and 2008.
- Jamnagar Airport (JGA) has 2 runways.
- Jamnagar has daily scheduled flight to Mumbai served by an Airbus A-319.
- In addition to being known as "Jamnagar Airport", another name for JGA is "જામનગર વિમાનમથક".
- Because of Jamnagar Airport's relatively low elevation of 69 feet, planes can take off or land at Jamnagar 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 closest airport to Jamnagar Airport (JGA) is Kandla Airport (IXY), which is located 45 miles (73 kilometers) N of JGA.
- The furthest airport from Jamnagar Airport (JGA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jamnagar Airport (meaning Jamnagar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,110 miles (19,489 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The airport is connected to the city by a four lane highway and is about 8 kilometers from the city.
