Nonstop flight route between Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Shillong, India:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States and Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL), Shillong, India would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,190 miles (or 13,180 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 Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट, 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 Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट. 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: | SHL / VEBI |
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Location: | Shillong, India |
GPS Coordinates: | 25°42'12"N by 91°58'42"E |
Area Served: | Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
Operator/Owner: | Indian Air Force/Airports Authority of India |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 2910 feet (887 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SHL |
More Information: | SHL Maps & Info |
Facts about Pope Field (POB):
- Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
- 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 received the Mackay Trophy for the dramatic RED DRAGON/DRAGON ROUGE and BLACK DRAGON/DRAGON NOIR hostage rescue missions in the Congo in 1964.
- On January 1, 1992 the 317th TAW was reassigned to Air Mobility Command and the wing was redesignated the 317th Operations Group as part of the new 23d Composite Wing at Pope.
- 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.
- After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.
- 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.
Facts about Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL):
- The furthest airport from Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL) is La Florida Airport (LSC), which is located 11,370 miles (18,297 kilometers) away in La Serena, Chile.
- In addition to being known as "Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट", other names for SHL include "Umroi Airport" and "Barapani Air Force Base".
- The closest airport to Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL) is Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU), which is located 37 miles (60 kilometers) NW of SHL.
- Shillong Airport शिल्लोंग एअरपोर्ट (SHL) currently has only 1 runway.