Nonstop flight route between Pori, Finland and Sofia, Bulgaria:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pori Airport (POR), Pori, Finland and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF), Sofia, Bulgaria would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,298 miles (or 2,089 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 relatively short distance between Pori Airport and Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Pori Airport (POR):

• In addition to being known as "Pori Airport", another name for POR is "Porin lentoasema".
• 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.
• The closest airport to Pori Airport (POR) is Tampere–Pirkkala Airport (TMP), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) E of POR.
• The airport resides at an elevation of 13 metres above mean sea level.
• Pori Airport (POR) has 2 runways.
• The Finnish Aviation Academy is a flight school based at Pori Airport.
• Pori Airport handled 43,185 passengers last year.

Facts about Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF):

• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna handled 350,432 passengers last year.
• Design and construction of a new control tower was discussed in 2006 but this project appeared to be in abeyance by 2008.
• The furthest airport from Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,437 miles (18,405 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The terminal had substantially reached its capacity of some 600,000 passengers a year by the later 1960s and was subjected to a number of refurbishments and extensions beginning in the spring of 1968.
• The initial completion deadline for the new terminal was 15 December 2004 to a total budget of 112.2 million euro.
• Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 2004 Strabag demanded an additional 6 million euro due to rising steel prices.
• The closest airport to Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna (SOF) is Plovdiv Airport (PDV), which is located 86 miles (138 kilometers) ESE of SOF.
• Total cost of the project was planned at 200 million euros.
• The infrastructure surrounding the building was expected to be completed in 2007.
• The new tower is an extremely important facility for both ATC and the airport because it is related to the safety and security of flights, explained by the transport department.
• In addition to being known as "Sofia Airport Vrazhdebna", other names for SOF include "Vrazhdebna Airport" and "Летище София".
• The airport was initially built in the late 1930s on a site 6.3 km by road then.