Nonstop flight route between Pori, Finland and Arlington County, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pori Airport (POR), Pori, Finland and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Arlington County, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,173 miles (or 6,716 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 Pori Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National 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 Pori Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Pori Airport (POR):

• In addition to being known as "Pori Airport", another name for POR is "Porin lentoasema".
• Pori Airport handled 43,185 passengers last year.
• Pori Airport is an airport in Pori,Finland.
• The closest airport to Pori Airport (POR) is Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) E of POR.
• The Finnish Aviation Academy is a flight school based at Pori Airport.
• Pori Airport (POR) has 2 runways.
• Because of Pori Airport's relatively low elevation of 44 feet, planes can take off or land at Pori 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 furthest airport from Pori Airport (POR) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,008 miles (17,716 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA):

• The closest airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is Bolling Air Force Base (BOF), which is located only 1 miles (2 kilometers) ESE of DCA.
• On March 23, 2011, the air traffic control supervisor on duty reportedly fell asleep during the night shift.
• Terminal A opened in 1941 and was expanded in 1955 to accommodate more passengers and airlines.
• The furthest airport from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,682 miles (18,800 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Ronald Reagan Washington National 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.
• Other than 40 slot exemptions, flights into and out of DCA are not allowed to exceed 1,250 statute miles in any direction nonstop, in an effort to send air traffic to the larger but more distant Washington Dulles International Airport.
• Until 1999, Runways 1/19 and 4/22 were designated 18/36 and 3/21.
• With the addition of more flights and limited space in the aging main terminal, the airport began an extensive renovation and expansion in the 1990s.
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) has 3 runways.