Nonstop flight route between Portorož, Slovenia and Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Portorož Airport (POW), Portorož, Slovenia and Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF), Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,349 miles (or 6,998 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 Region of Waterloo 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 Region of Waterloo 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):

• In addition to being known as "Portorož Airport", another name for POW is "Letališče Portorož".
• The airport has the head office of Solinair.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Twice-weekly regular charter flights between Portorož Airport and Rome, Catania and Salerno will be operated by Minoan air, in a bid to bring tourists from southern Italy to the Slovenian coastal resort.

Facts about Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF):

• On 13 December 2011 American Airlines announced new daily nonstop flights to Chicago beginning on 14 June 2012, the airport's first destination to the United States since 2009.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport handled 138,733 passengers last year.
• The main road to access the airport is Regional Road 17 or Fountain Street North.
• The Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport, began construction in 1929 on the Heinrich farm on Lexington Road in Waterloo.
• The furthest airport from Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,377 miles (18,309 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) has 2 runways.
• As of June 2012, it is the 10th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements, and underwent a major expansion in 2003.
• The closest airport to Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) is John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM), which is located 30 miles (48 kilometers) SE of YKF.