Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Portorož, Slovenia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Portorož Airport (POW), Portorož, Slovenia would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,657 miles (or 7,494 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 Portorož 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 Portorož Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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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 tempo of activities at Pope quickened with the outbreak of World War II.
• On December 1, 1974 the Military Airlift Command took responsibility for tactical airlift and assumed command of Pope with all of its assigned units.
• 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.
• Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
• The 464th received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.

Facts about Portorož Airport (POW):

• Portorož Airport (POW) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Portorož Airport", another name for POW is "Letališče Portorož".
• The furthest airport from Portorož Airport (POW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,929 miles (19,198 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• As in the case of the development of many airports, Portorož Airport had a humble beginning.
• Because of Portorož Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Portorož 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 Portorož Airport (POW) is Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NNW of POW.
• Portorož Airport gained the status of a commercial passenger airport, when on 2 June 1980, the Federal Authority for Transport and Communications issues a permit that allows the airport to be operated as a category "D" airport for civilian use in both domestic and international flights.
• The entire airport is scheduled to undergo renovation in the near future.
• Further development of the airport continues, and in January 1975, the Coast Flight Centre is established.