Nonstop flight route between Portorož, Slovenia and Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portorož Airport (POW), Portorož, Slovenia and Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,267 miles (or 6,867 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 Portorož Airport and Lehigh Valley International 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 Portorož Airport and Lehigh Valley International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Portorož Airport (POW):

• The airport has the head office of Solinair.
• In addition to being known as "Portorož Airport", another name for POW is "Letališče Portorož".
• There used to be seasonal flights to Ljubljana and Belgrade offered by Adria Airways and Jat Airways respectively but these both ceased.
• Portorož Airport (POW) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Portorož Airport (POW) is Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS), which is located 25 miles (41 kilometers) NNW of POW.
• Although the airport fire station is currently declared CAT 2, it can be upgraded to CAT 4, provided a minimum of 12 hours advance notice is given - prior to commencement of the respective flight operations.
• 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 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.

Facts about Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE):

• By January 1944 work on a new runway was completed and a Class A United States Weather Bureau station had been installed.
• The furthest airport from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,695 miles (18,821 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) has 2 runways.
• The airport website says in 2012 the airport had 100,048 aircraft operations.
• The most recent Terminal Renovations were done in two phases.
• The closest airport to Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is Quakertown Airport (UKT), which is located only 15 miles (25 kilometers) SSE of ABE.
• Because of Lehigh Valley International Airport's relatively low elevation of 393 feet, planes can take off or land at Lehigh Valley International 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.
• In 1960 Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F.
• Naval pilot training graduation ceremony at the Allentown PA Airport – 1943
• On June 27, 2009, Allegiant Air Flight 746, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft made an emergency landing after flames were observed coming from the aircraft's left engine.
• During World War II the U.